Re: move a file one directory up: Entry already exists error

Andreas Schildbach wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I want to move a file one directory up in my working copy:
>
> C:\temp\svn\trunk\schildbach>svn move build.xml ..
> svn: Entry already exists
> svn: 'build.xml' already exists and is in the way.
>
> Here are listings of source and destination directories:
>
> C:\temp\svn\trunk\schildbach>dir
> 15.11.2003 15:56 <DIR> .
> 15.11.2003 15:56 <DIR> ..
> 15.11.2003 15:56 31 .cvsignore
> 15.11.2003 15:56 1.829 build.xml
> 15.11.2003 15:56 <DIR> src
>
> C:\temp\svn\trunk\schildbach>dir ..
> 15.11.2003 15:56 <DIR> .
> 15.11.2003 15:56 <DIR> ..
> 15.11.2003 15:56 <DIR> schildbach

Did you have a file "..\build.xml" under Subversion's control, which you have deleted? If so, you should use "svn delete ..\build.xml" to tell "Subversion" that you no longer want the file under version control.

If that doesn't seem to solve the problem, go to the ".." directory and then show us the output of "svn status --verbose".

- Julian

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Received on Mon Nov 17 19:29:14 2003