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Re: Bug - TortoiseSVN-1.4.1.7992-win32-svn-1.4.2.msi

From: Nathan Kidd <nathan-svn_at_spicycrypto.ca>
Date: 2006-11-28 18:10:19 CET

James Crutchley wrote:
> I checkout a directory from the repository using the Tortoise SVN
> Checkout.
>
> The first time I do this it works great. If I manually go in and delete
> these files from where I checked them into and redo a checkout I get an
> error ‘object of the same name already exists’ and will not be able to
> checkout any longer from that repository even if I change directories to
> checkout into.

Subversion stores administrative data in a hidden .svn folder in each
checked out directory. You must make sure the directory is completely
clean before checking out into it. Merely deleting the visible files is
not enough.

Cheers,

-Nathan

P.S. for future this kind of question is better sent to users@.

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