This has been fixed in subversion. Thanks http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBAOP-452 View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4068784#4068784 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4068784