Re: lost text-base file, how to resolve?

On Mar 13, 2007, at 16:13, Gerben Wierda wrote:

> I keep a source tree under svn control synced between two machines
> with rsync (I keep the entire /usr/local rsynced and a svn-ed
> source tree is part of that). It now seems I have lost a couple of
> files in .svn/text-base, probably because I added and even modified
> these files on machine A and the rsynced machine B to A telling it
> to delete what was not there.
>
> Anyway, I have now the situation that the files *are* under SVN but
> I cannot commit new versions.
>
> Sending Resources-gwTeX.zip
> Transmitting file data .svn: Commit failed (details follow):
> svn: Can't open file '/usr/local/src/ii2/trunk/i-Packages/
> texlive/.svn/text-base/Resources-gwTeX.zip.svn-base': No such file
> or directory
> svn: Your commit message was left in a temporary file:
> svn: '/usr/local/src/ii2/trunk/i-Packages/texlive/svn-commit.2.tmp'
>
> What is the best way to fix this problem?

Subversion philosophy is that working copies are supposed to be
discardable. If they become corrupted, you're supposed to be able to
trash them and check out a new working copy from the repository.

I realize that this is not so easy in your situation because your
working copy is /usr/local which is an important part of your OS.

I have never tried versioning a part of my system like /usr/local,
but perhaps Subversion alone is not the best choice for that task.
Have you looked into FSVS? I believe it was designed for that, and
it's based on Subversion:

http://fsvs.tigris.org/

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