Re: non-recursive-add isn't that useful? why is there no ".svn" folder in there? why can't I add more files?

but that doesn't work, because the new folder has no ".svn" in it, and is
not a working copy:

*$ svn add newfolder/
svn: '.' is not a working copy
svn: Can't open file '.svn/entries': No such file or directory
*
-g

On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 9:52 AM, David Weintraub <qazwart_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> You'll have to CD to that folder you just added, and do a:
>
> $ svn add *
>
> Instead of using the -N option, try the --depth=immediates option.
> It's new to Subversion 1.5 and I find it works much better than -N.
>
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>
>
> On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 9:50 PM, Geoffrey Plitt <geoff_at_gweb.org> wrote:
> > when i do "svn add -N" on a folder, i expected it to make a ".svn" folder
> > underneath, and then any files under there would have a "?" status.
> >
> > instead, the folder is added, but there is NO WAY to add the files
> > underneath, becase it's not a working copy. so what's the point of this
> > mode?
> >
> > -g
> >
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> >
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