>> I was trying to use the svn add command and came across the following
>> which I can't find explained anywhere and was hoping someone could
>> answer for me.
>>
>> I am trying to add all the contents of a folder using the command:
>> svn add "myfolder\*" Calling this produces the following error:
>> svn: Can't check path 'MYFOLDER\*': The filename, directory
>> name, or volume
>> label syntax is incorrect
>> However when I remove the quotes then the command works fine.
>>
>> Is there a reason why it won't work with the quotes and is
>> there some other
>> syntax that I should be aware of?
>>
>
>These are two different commands: The asteriks(*) gets expanded to "all
files" by the shell. The quotes prevent
>this expansion. With quotes you're trying to add a folder named "*" in the
folder "MYFOLDER". Try creating such
>a folder in the windows commandline and you'll get the same error - windows
does not allow such a foldername.
>Without the quotes, however, the command gets expanded to "svn add
MYFOLDER\file1 MYFOLDER\file2 ..." wich leads
>to no problems as all filenames are valid.
>
>So this is not a svn issue at all, just a defined shell behaviour (unix
shells behave the same).
>
>You should be aware that svn add MYFOLDER\* overrides any svn:ignore
setting - the list of files gets expanded
>before it gets handed over to svn and you're thus *explicitly* telling svn
to add the file and it will happily
>fulfill your wishes.
>
>What you probably want is just "add all files in the folder MYFOLDER" -
just run "svn add MYFOLDER". If MYFOLDER
>is already under version controll, add the --force flag (svn add --force
MYFOLDER).
Thanks for the explanation it makes a lot of sense.
However your suggestion for adding the folder by using "svn add MYFOLDER"
won't work for me as the parent folder is not under subversion whilst
MYFOLDER is. If I try calling this (with or without the --force flag) I get
the following error:
svn: '.' is not a working copy
svn: Can't open file '.svn\entries': The system cannot find the path
specified.
Is there any work around to this?
Regards,
Nicholas
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