Re: v1.5.4 plans

Eric Wong [off-list ref] wrote:

Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] wrote:

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 * I've seen t9119-git-svn-info.sh fail in my k.org private repository
   and have been skipping the test, but this needs to be diagnosed and
   fixed [*1*].  It could be just that the code is fine and the test is
   not rejecting SVN that is too-old. I dunno.

I wouldn't mind dropping this test for now.

100% output compatibility with SVN is too difficult to achieve
and IMHO not worth it for commands like `info' and `log'.

David:

I also noticed some race-conditions on this test when running this on my
Centrino laptop (my fastest box, but I rarely use it for git
development) and having git on my USB thumb drive.  I'm pretty sure
these were caused by inconsistencies in handling timestamps on symlinks
vs timestamps on the files they link to.

The problem is that 'svn info' is reading the mtime from its hidden backup file
(in the .svn directory) instead of the file in the working directory, so
setting the mtime (and atime) of the git working copy file using the svn
working copy doesn't always work.

I'm working on a solution now.

Dave