[svk-users] off line commits do not work

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Thank you, Tomas for the detailed and helpful response.

Quoting Tomas Doran <bobtfish at bobtfish.net>:

>
> On 26 Jul 2008, at 21:14, svk_lists at gorelik.net wrote:
>
>> Am I missing something?
>> I have created a local mirror of an SVN repository, disconnected from
>> the net, checked out the latest revision, made some modifications and
>> executed
>>
>> []$ svk commit  src/filename
>>
>> I expected to see the modified file committed to the repository. Later
>> I wanted to sync the local mirror with the remote repo. However, the
>> following message was displayed:
> <snip>
>>
>> Am I expecting something that SVK isn't capable with?
>
> No, you're not - but you're not quite understanding how mirroring
> works. When SVK mirrors a path, then it is a *mirror*, i.e. it has the
> same state as the thing it it mirroring, always.
>
> Therefore, when you commit to a mirrored path, SVK actually proxies the
> commit to the upstream server, and then immediately syncs the mirror
> back from the upstream server (getting the new revision).
>
> To operate as you intended, what you need to do is:
>
> svk copy //mirror/mirroredproject //local/my_local_branch_of_mirroredproject
> svk co //local/my_local_branch_of_mirroredproject
> # Edit
> svk commit
> # Edit some more
> svk commit
> # Note that merging code back is likely to fail if the mirror is not up
> to date with respect to the mirrored server, therefore
> svk sync //mirror/mirroredproject
> # Sync my changes back to the mirror.
> svk push #(in project checkout directory).
> # Sync latest changes in the mirrored version to your local branch
> svk pull
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Cheers
> t0m