<div dir="ltr">Committed-ish.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 3:30 AM, Daniel Shahaf <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:danielsh@apache.org" target="_blank">danielsh@apache.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Someone just asked on users@ about the -r {DATE} binary search issue,<br>
and I realized the warning box doesn't describe the most likely cause of<br>
that (svnadmin load).<br>
<br>
I suppose the warning box might want to grow an id="" attribute.<br>
<br>
Feel free to tweak. I left the first hunk unreflowed to make the diff<br>
readable.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
<br>
Daniel<br>
<br>
Index: ch03-advanced-topics.xml<br>
==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>=======<br>
--- ch03-advanced-topics.xml (revision 5302)<br>
+++ ch03-advanced-topics.xml (working copy)<br>
@@ -308,11 +308,7 @@<br>
</informalexample><br>
<br>
<warning><br>
- <para>Since the timestamp of a revision is stored as an<br>
- unversioned, modifiable property of the revision (see <xref<br>
- linkend="svn.advanced.props" />), revision timestamps can be<br>
- changed to represent complete falsifications of true<br>
- chronology, or even removed altogether. Subversion's<br>
+ <para>Subversion's<br>
ability to correctly convert revision dates into real<br>
revision numbers depends on revision datestamps maintaining<br>
a sequential ordering—the younger the revision, the<br>
@@ -319,7 +315,15 @@<br>
younger its timestamp. If this ordering isn't maintained,<br>
you will likely find that trying to use dates to specify<br>
revision ranges in your repository doesn't always return the<br>
- data you might have expected.</para><br>
+ data you might have expected.<br>
+<br>
+ The <literal>svn:date</literal> timestamps are stored in<br>
+ unversioned, modifiable property of the revision (see <xref<br>
+ linkend="svn.advanced.props" />). The most common reason<br>
+ for them to be unordered is loading history into an existing<br>
+ repository (see <xref linkend="svn.reposadmin.maint.<wbr>migrate"<br>
+ />).<br>
+ </para><br>
</warning><br>
<br>
</sect2><br>
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