Have you been experiencing the hurt of Capistrano failing?
* executing task deploy * executing task update ** transaction: start * executing task update_code * querying latest revision... svn: invalid option: --limit Type 'svn help' for usage. *** [update_code] transaction: rollback * [update_code] rolling back
Never fear. You actually need a more recent version of Subversion. Versions as old as 1.3.2 support the limit and Capistrano will no longer fail. Enjoy!