[JENKINS-25825] Subversion plugin refuses to checkout branch at specific revision when it no longer exists in HEAD

When you create a branch, delete it and then try and get Jenkins to checkout the branch at a revision at which it did exist the validation fails and the checkout fails on build.

This is because the checkout command in CheckoutUpdater.java uses HEAD as a parameter instead of the revision given:

svnuc.doCheckout(location.getSVNURL(), local.getCanonicalFile(), SVNRevision.HEAD, r, svnDepth, true);

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Originally reported by alanm, imported from: Subversion plugin refuses to checkout branch at specific revision when it no longer exists in HEAD

• assignee: jamesdumay
  
• status: In Review
  
• priority: Critical
  
• component(s): subversion-plugin
  
• resolution: Unresolved
  
• votes: 1
  
• watchers: 4
  
• imported: 20251212-090250
  

Raw content of original issue

When you create a branch, delete it and then try and get Jenkins to checkout the branch at a revision at which it did exist the validation fails and the checkout fails on build.


This is because the checkout command in CheckoutUpdater.java uses HEAD as a parameter instead of the revision given:




svnuc.doCheckout(location.getSVNURL(), local.getCanonicalFile(), SVNRevision.HEAD, r, svnDepth, true);