Re: Copy to working copy...

Duncan Booth wrote:
> Copy to working copy is behaving a bit strangely (this is with TortoiseSVN
> 1.3.5, Build 6804 - 32 Bit):
>
> I used the repo browser to select a file and then the
> 'Copy to working copy...' command.
>
> I get an alert titled 'Save as...' containing the text
> '<filename> already exists. Do you want to replace it?'
> so I clicked 'Yes'.
>
> I then get an error box: 'File <filename> already exists'
> with an OK button. (No, it isn't OK!)
>
> Why won't TortoiseSVN overwrite the file when I said it could replace it?
> The error message if I delete the target file first is a bit more useful:
> it then says 'Entry for <filename> exists (though the working file is
> missing)'.
>
> What I'm trying to do BTW (in case there is an easier way to achieve this)
> is to copy a much changed file from a different branch in place of the
> current working copy instead of trying to do a merge which will just get a
> lot of conflicts: is there an easier way to do that?

Use "Save as..." instead of "Copy to working copy". You want to replace
the file in the working copy with the one from the repository.

Or: delete the original file first (with TSVN, not just a windows
delete). Then the "copy to working copy" should work just fine.

Stefan

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