Re: [Subclipse-users] Folder locally replaced by a symbolic link -> bug ?

On 9/24/07, Couderc Aurelien <Aurelien.Couderc.presta@nagra.fr> wrote:

> I just had a problem trying to update a local folder in my subversionned tree, and I thought I would ask about it.
>
> Here is how it happened. I replaced a subfolder in my local tree with a symbolic link having the exact same name. Then I tried to do an update with subclipse's Team->Update and got the following error :
> ----------
> Updating external location at: ***/myfolder
> Working copy not locked; this is probably a bug, please report
> svn: Directory '***\myfolder\subfolder\.svn' containing working copy admin area is missing
> ----------
>
> However a regular 'svn update' command gave me the right diagnostic :
> ----------
> svn: Expected 'myfolder/subfolder' to be a directory but found a file
> ----------

Try switching to the JavaHL adapter or reporting it to SVNKit. Being
pure Java I know they have a more difficult time working with
symlinks. I think there are some Java properties you have to turn on
to activate certain functionality for performance reasons. Meaning
they are turned off by default for performance reasons.

-- 
Thanks
Mark Phippard
http://markphip.blogspot.com/
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