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Re: Working copy won

From: Stefan Hett <stefan_at_egosoft.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2016 11:23:24 +0200

On 8/31/2016 1:05 AM, webpost_at_tigris.org wrote:
>> On 8/28/2016 7:26 PM, Richard VanHouten wrote:
>>>> On 8/24/2016 11:59 AM, Richard VanHouten wrote:
>>>>>> Hi Richard,
>>>>>> On 8/22/2016 2:02 AM, Richard VanHouten wrote:
>>>>>>> I work a mod project hosted on github, and use Tortoise SVN to update. Some time ago I had an Excel spreadsheet in the project open in Open Office Calc, and the program shut down improperly and I did not recover the spreadsheet next time I started up Open Office. Ever since Tortoise SVN has thrown a working copy status error when I update my local repository on the machine this happened on. Using the cleanup function has no effect. I've tried creating a new repository in a new folder and deleting the old one, but the status continues. Any ideas on how to fix this?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am using Tortoise SVN version 1.9.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's highly unusual that a fresh checkout in a different directory is
>>>>>> causing some issues which would be related to problems in another
>>>>>> working copy, unless it's some server side problem (which in this case
>>>>>> wouldn't be my first guess).
>>>>>> What's the exact error you are getting and what's the exact action you
>>>>>> do when you get that error?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Stefan Hett
>>>>> I right click on the local repository's root folder in Windows Explorer, choose Update, and get "Skipped obstructing working copy" in the actions column. As I can't figure out how to get to the command line interface, that's all the information I can presently provide.
>>>> To be certain we are not talking cross purpose here: Are you mixing up
>>>> the terms repository and working copy?
>>>> For the following reply I assume you actually mean: "I right click on
>>>> the local *working copy*'s root folder[...]".
>>>>
>>>> Is it possible you have a working copy inside another working copy?
>>>> For instance something like:
>>>> C:\root <- checkout of repository1
>>>> C:\root\foo <- checkout of repository2
>>>>
>>>> If so, I suggest you rethink your folder structure and don't use nested
>>>> working copies (at least for troubleshooting your problem). That said: I
>>>> suggest you do a fresh checkout of the repository in
>>>> C:\TestWorkingDirectory and see whether you still end up with the
>>>> problem. If so, could you point out your local folder structure to shed
>>>> some light onto the actual problem?
>>>>
>>>> You can install the command line client by re-running the TSVN installer
>>>> package. Simply select the optional SVN client component in the
>>>> installer. Afterwards using the command line, you'd be able to call "svn
>>>> cleanup" (without the quotation marks).
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Stefan Hett
>>> This is what I get:
>>>
>>> C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin>svn update "c:\Users\richv_000\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Crusader Kings II\mod\Lux Invicta Repository"
>>> Updating 'C:\Users\richv_000\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Crusader Kings II\mod\Lux Invicta Repository':
>>> Skipped 'C:\Users\richv_000\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Crusader Kings II\mod\Lux Invicta Repository\trunk' -- An obstructing working copy was found
>>> At revision 1606.
>>> Summary of conflicts:
>>> Skipped paths: 1
>> To me this looks like you checked out something into [...]\Lux Invicta
>> Repository and then again in [...]\Lux Invicta Repository\trunk.
>> To clean that up, remove the whole trunk directory in [...]\Lux Invicta
>> Repository (the whole folder, not only its content) and try another svn
>> update. Make sure you keep a backup of the trunk directory somewhere (in
>> case you have changes in there you wanna keep).
>>> Trying to create a new repository in a folder directly off C:\ results in a locked directory that won't clean up.
>> Let's focus on the other issue first (in general, it's usually more
>> helpful to always state the full error you get when running into problems).
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Stefan Hett
> I tried removing the whole trunk directory, and emptied the recycling bin. Updating restored everything in trunk/ that had been there before (not some directories in trunk/.transfer your modding stuff here, one of which had the Excel file I originally mentioned) and the lock is back.
>
I need to get some more insight into your data structure to be of
further help.
Can you run the following commands in a command line prompt?

C:
cd "c:\Users\richv_000\Documents\Paradox Interactive"
dir "c:\Users\richv_000\Documents\Paradox Interactive" /S >out.txt
svn --version --verbose >>out.txt
svn info >>out.txt
svn status >>out.txt

and then send me the out.txt file located under Documents\Paradox
Interactive (best to zip it, since it's presumably quite large). Feel
free to PM it only rather than sending it to the mailing list.

-- 
Regards,
Stefan Hett
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