RE: Checkout Error on fresh checkout

Hi Stefan,

Thanks for the reply. I know that the folder naming is not the problem,
since I have only three folders in the repository and they are differently
named (trunk, branches, tags). Furthermore, when I copy the repository to a
Windows 2000 (Workstation) computer that has Subversion and TSVN installed,
I can perform a checkout from that repository without any problems.

I did notice however that the entries file that is generated on the computer
where the checkout does not work (Win XP )contains different content than
the entries file on the W2K machine (with the same repository). I have added
the content of both entries files to the e-mail in hopes that this will
provide a clue.

Here is the entries file from the machine where the checkout fails:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<wc-entries
   xmlns="svn:">
<entry
   incomplete="true"
   url="file:///C:/svnrepositories/sjm"
   kind="dir"
   uuid="54cce774-aa0b-084e-9a11-182a8e3c1a68"
   revision="2"/>
</wc-entries>

This is the entries file from the machine where the checkout works:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<wc-entries
   xmlns="svn:">
<entry
   committed-rev="2"
   name=""
   committed-date="2005-11-05T21:13:30.236403Z"
   url="file:///C:/svnrep/sjm"
   last-author="Mitch Christow"
   kind="dir"
   uuid="54cce774-aa0b-084e-9a11-182a8e3c1a68"
   revision="2"/>
<entry
   name="trunk"
   kind="dir"/>
<entry
   name="branches"
   kind="dir"/>
<entry
   name="tags"
   kind="dir"/>
</wc-entries>

One last item thought. Since the repository works fine on a different
machine, I am pretty sure that it is not corrupted.
I also do not believe that there is a problem with TSVN per se, since I also
get the same error message from the command line.
The only thing that I can think off is that there is maybe a flag, setting,
etc. in the registry that is not set properly and causes this behavior. I am
open to any suggestions as to what else I can try and where else I can look
for a solution. Thanks again for your help.

TIA,
Mitch

-----Original Message-----
From: Stefan Küng [mailto:tortoisesvn@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 11:41 AM
To: users@tortoisesvn.tigris.org
Subject: 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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