Index: subversion/libsvn_wc/status.c =================================================================== --- subversion/libsvn_wc/status.c (revision 21074) +++ subversion/libsvn_wc/status.c (working copy) @@ -324,8 +324,11 @@ } /* Is this item switched? Well, to be switched it must have both an URL - and a parent with an URL, at the very least. */ - if (entry->url && parent_entry && parent_entry->url) + and a parent with an URL, at the very least. + If this is the root folder on the (virtual) disk, entry and parent_entry + will be equal. */ + if (entry->url && parent_entry && parent_entry->url && + entry != parent_entry) { /* An item is switched if its working copy basename differs from the basename of its URL. */