Re: Checkout Error on fresh checkout

Mitch Christow wrote:
> Hi there,
>
>
>
> I have recently installed subversion on a windows XP (SP2) computer and
> use the software in local mode, meaning the repository is on the local
> file system. Recently I erased my entire working directory and attempted
> to perform a clean checkout. I received the following error message:
>
>
>
> Error: Can't move 'C:\Projects\SJM\.svn\tmp\entries' to
>
> Error: 'C:\Projects\SJM\.svn\entries': Cannot create a file when that
> file already
>
> Error: exists.
>

This looks like you have two folders in your repository with names
differing only in case (e.g. folder and FOLDER). Windows can't handle
that and therefore you'll get an error.

Stefan

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