[wp-hackers] Plugin Upgrade Failing when using Subversion

[Harish Narayanan]

Mike Schinkel wrote:
> Hi All:
> 
> I've just run into a problem with plugin upgrades failing when using Subversion for version control.  Subversion stores a collection of readme files and when the upgrade process tries to delete them it fails to and then fails the upgrade process.  Am I the first person on this list to experience this?  It fails in a very ungraceful way, i.e. basically it just says "Sorry, sux to be you." ;-)
> 
> Potential solutions:
> 
> 1.) Bypass deleting any .svn directory(s) and in that case don't require the plugin directory to be deleted in order to continue the upgrade process.
> 2.) Remove the read-only attribute and delete the files.
> 3.) Something else?
> 
> I think #1 is most preferable because it doesn't loose the Subversion info and the next check-in will check-in the new plugin info.  Maybe this could be a configuration option, i.e. to do #1 by default or #2 if configured to do so instead?
> 
> I need this fixed ASAP so I can do the work to fix it but I've yet to contribute any patches so I don't know the process.

(I apologise for joining this discussion late. I am coming in with a fix
from a different angle.)

I've been running my journal on WordPress from SVN for a long time and
have recently (few months?) begun using the click-to-upgrade plugin
functionality. I have not noticed any problems.

But I do have the following SVN properties set:

1. Ignore all file/folders under wp-content that are not 'plugins' or
'themes.' e.g.,

Properties on '.':
  svn:ignore : wp-cache-config.php
cache
advanced-cache.php
upgrade

2. Ignore all file/folders under wp-content/plugins that are not part of
the default checkout (akismet, hello.php). e.g.,

Properties on '.':
  svn:ignore : rssbasefix.php
wp-print
google-sitemap-generator
wp-super-cache
exec-php
sem-recent-comments.php
popularity-contest.php
math-comment-spam-protection
sustenance.php

  svn:externals : akismet http://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/akismet/trunk/


Perhaps this will work for you.

Harish