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Re: [TSVN] Folder "obstructed" for commit

From: Stefan Küng <tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com>
Date: 2005-10-07 08:07:49 CEST

On 10/6/05, Robert Segal <rsegal@3dna.net> wrote:
> It was a good idea Jean-Marc but it hasn't seemed to have worked. I'm
> getting the error "<my folder name> is not a working copy directory" for the
> folder I'm trying to add. I suspect some of the .svn folder files are
> borked somehow but in what manner I could not tell you.

"obstructed" usually means that a folder is 'in the way'. Subversion
tries to add a folder (e.g. during an update/merge/...) which already
exists (and is versioned).

If nothing helps, delete the troubled folders and update - that will
get your wc in a consistent state again.

Stefan

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