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Re: Failed to add directory - Same name already exists...

From: Peter McNab <mcnab_p_at_melbpc.org.au>
Date: 2005-11-06 05:36:48 CET

Simon Large wrote:

> Bryan D. Andrews wrote:
>
>>
>> It would be nice to be able to overwrite files directly from the source
>> control...
>
>
> Firstly, that behaviour is controlled by Subversion, not TortoiseSVN.
>
> And no, it's not possible. Subversion will never discard unversioned
> files and replace them with versioned files, because the unversioned
> ones might be important. They might not be the same as the versioned
> ones.
>
> It might in future be possible to 'takeover' existing files if they
> are identical to versioned files, but that will not appear until at
> least subversion 1.4.
>
> Simon
>
One of the compelling points for using Subversion is that it does not
overwrite local changes on update or checkout..

Peter

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