New - cannot svn switch to a deleted path (not a peg-revision issue)

http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3013

                 Issue #|3013
                 Summary|cannot svn switch to a deleted path
(not a peg-revisio
                        |n issue)
               Component|subversion
                 Version|all
                Platform|All
                     URL|
              OS/Version|All
                  Status|NEW
       Status whiteboard|
                Keywords|
              Resolution|
              Issue type|DEFECT
                Priority|P3
            Subcomponent|libsvn_client
             Assigned to|issuessubversion
             Reported by|emiller






------- Additional comments from emillertigris.org Mon Nov  5 08:59:24 -0800 2007 -------
I have hashed this out on the users list:
http://subversion.tigris.org/servlets/Re
adMsg?list=users&msgNo=71601

Here is the summary as best described by Steven Bakke:

"Let's say I want to take a look at what is in another
tag for one of  
my subdirectories:

% cd <work>
% svn switch <tag-URL> <work>/A

(Look at the files and do whatever. No modifications)

Now lets say I want to switch back to trunk, since I'm done
looking  
at whatever was in that tag.

% svn switch <trunk-URL> <work>/A

When 'A' had been deleted from trunk in the interim, there
is no way  
to do this.  In my opinion, this is a flaw in subversion.   

Regardless of whether you understand the reasoning for it, I
believe  
you should always be able to "undo" a switch
successfully.  I'm  
thinking this is somewhat related to the "depth"
issue being dealt  
with in 1.5.  Once a directory becomes part of the current
working  
copy, it is impossible to remove it."

Mark Phippard suggested (outside the mailing lists):

"I'd suggest using switch (now that it has peg revision
support) to
switch C to a revision where it still existed in trunk. 
Then use svn
update on its parent which will remove it."

But I contend that this is not a valid general solution -
imagine the wasted
time & bandwidth to update some ridiculously large set
of data just to delete it
again!

I guess I'd like to see something like --force to force a
deletion of the path
from your working copy if the target url does not exist
assuming no modified
data (of course).

Any other suggestions would be most welcome!

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