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Re: File externals cannot be removed

From: Daniel Shahaf <d.s_at_daniel.shahaf.name>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 22:00:57 +0200 (Jerusalem Standard Time)

Is it issue #3351?

Simon Large wrote on Wed, 4 Mar 2009 at 00:36 -0000:
> Hi folks,
>
> Just testing the new file externals as documented in the 1.6 release
> notes and I don't seem to be able to delete a file external once it is
> set. This is with the TortoiseSVN nightly build commandline client,
> which is built against the head of the SVN 1.6.x branch.
>
> Windows recipe I'm afraid, but you get the idea.
>
> set SVN="C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin\svn"
> c:
> cd \temp
> rd /s /q repos
> rd /s /q wc
> svnadmin create repos
> md wc
> cd wc
> "C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin\svn" co file:///c:/temp/repos .
> :: Sorry about the fixed paths. Back to normal now.
> echo hello > alpha.txt
> %SVN% add alpha.txt
> %SVN% ci -m "" .
> %SVN% propset svn:externals "^/alpha.txt beta.txt" .
> %SVN% up
> %SVN% propdel svn:externals .
> %SVN% up
> del beta.txt
> %SVN% up
> cd ..
>
> Now I have no svn:external property set, but the file external is
> still there and cannot be deleted. Manual deletion fails because svn
> up restores it. svn rm doesn't work for externals.
>
> Committing after adding the svn:externals doesn't help, nor does
> committing after deleting it. The only fix seems to be a fresh
> checkout. Am I missing something obvious?
>
> Simon
>
>

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