Re: Externals and "Can't obtain lock on non-directory"

On 19.02.2015 10:33, Markus Humm wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm looking for information about why the failure message above
> "Cant' obtain lock on non-directory" appears for a directory in my WC
> which contains (or shall contain) the externals when I try to update
> my WC?
>
> The URL in the repository containing the externals contains a space
> char chich is "URL escaped" as %20 and the path to the directory
> containing my WC contains a space char as well. But can this really
> be the case? Externals path in the WC properties is defined as a
> relative path anyway.

if you have a space in the target directory, you have to put that name
into single quotes, otherwise the externals property is invalid:

svn:externals
http://server.com/svn/trunk/some%20folder 'some folder'

If you've set the property as
http://server.com/svn/trunk/some%20folder some folder
it won't work.

Stefan

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