AW: Re: What does "Cannot replace a directory from within" mean?

Daniel Serodio <mailto:daniel.listas@xxx.com.br> schrieb am Freitag, 13. Januar 2006 18:58:

> Paul Koning wrote:
>>>>>>> "Daniel" == Daniel Serodio <daniel.listas@xxx.com.br> writes:
>>>>>>>
>>
>> Daniel> I have multiple projects on my (1.2.3) repository, with the
>> Daniel> following layout:
>>
>> Daniel> projectA/ branches/ tags/ trunk/ projectB/ branches/ tags/
>> Daniel> trunk/ ...
>>
>> Daniel> I had "projectA" checked out, and renamed it (on the
>> Daniel> repository) remotely. Then I relocated my working copy to
>> Daniel> this new location.
>>
>> Daniel> When I try to update my working copy, I get an "Cannot
>> Daniel> replace a directory from within" error. What does this mean?
>>
>> Did you misspell the filename? I got that error message when I
>> mistyped the URL in a switch command.
>>
> Unfortunately, no, I just double-checked it. I can checkout
> from the URL
> output from "svn info" on the relocated working copy without problems.
>
> Daniel Serodio
>
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The reason might be that directory you're in while trying to update was deleted or renamed in the repository, i.e:

you're in trunk/foo which was renamed in trunk/bar.

hope that helps

fg

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