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Re: Strange meta-data problem when checking out

From: Jochen Wuttke <wuttkej_at_usi.ch>
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:33:48 +0100

The server and client are running version 1.6.6.

The server is running CentOS, client is Mac with the commandline client.

The command was as expected:
svn checkout https://my_url

On Dec 10, 2010, at 12:34 PM, Giulio Troccoli wrote:

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>> From: Jochen Wuttke [mailto:wuttkej_at_usi.ch]
>> Sent: 10 December 2010 11:03
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>> Subject: Strange meta-data problem when checking out
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>> Hi,
>>
>> when I try a fresh checkout from a shared repository I get
>> the following error message:
>> svn: In directory 'prospectus'
>> svn: Can't open file
>> 'prospectus/.svn/tmp/text-base/prospectus.tex.svn-
>> base': No such file or directory
>>
>> A friend also tried a fresh checkout and got the same error.
>>
>> I tried 'svnadmin verify' on the repository and it verifies
>> all revisions. I looked at the files stored in that offending
>> directory via svnlook to see if someone tried to add the
>> meta-data from .svn to the repository somehow, but did not
>> see anything that shouldn't be there (i.e. only the files we
>> need, no meta-data).
>>
>> I tried google for some hints on what causes this problem and
>> how to fix it, but didn't find much that is promising. If at
>> all possible I'd like to avoid restoring a backup, and since
>> all revisions verify, I wouldn't now which revisions to dump
>> to repair the problem.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>
> What is the exact command? What is the SVN version? OS?
Received on 2010-12-10 14:34:27 CET

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