From: Hin-Tak Leung <htl10@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:57:27 GMT
Subject: Re: git svn --stdlayout 's little quirk.
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In-Reply-To: <4E52759E.3020005@drmicha.warpmail.net>

--- On Mon, 22/8/11, Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> wrote:

> >> It is not trying to do that at all. git-svn is
> trying to
> >> figure out what
> >> the "base path" is in an svn repo which possibly
> hosts
> >> multiple repos,
> >> and that is what the message reports.
> > 
> > Okay... thanks for clarifying that. Maybe it could try
> to be clever? Afterall, --stdlayout isn't compatible with a
> URL ending in "trunk" (or having 'trunk' as part of the
> URL). Just a suggestion.
> 
> You *could* have this layout:
> 
> foo/trunk/trunk
> foo/trunk/tags/v1
> foo/trunk/tags/v2
> 
> That's a perfectly valid layout. The fact that it is
> stupidly named
> should not activate git-svn magic.

Fair enough. Perhaps --stdlayout in combination with URL having "trunk" in the name can emit a warning? e.g. "are you sure? That looks a bit stupidly named". I wrote because I think git-svn could either try a bit harder at guessing, or be a bit clearer about the repository not conforming to a standard layout (if the URL is wrong).

Hin-Tak