The problem is you shouldn't check out subfolders of a repo into
subfolders of a working copy. Use svn update to grab the latest
changes.
On 8/24/07, Mark Eramo <mark.eramo@trustvesta.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> I am having a problem with Subversion and wondering if anyone has run
> into this before. ( I am rather new to Subversion so I am not sure if
> this is a bug or I am doing something wrong).
>
> We are using Subcommander 1.2.2 as our GUI Interface. Here is the issue.
>
> I check out the following folder/code from the Subversion Repository:
> */svn/repo/Database/project1/trunk*
> Now the code is on my local PC. When I setup a working copy folder, it
> shows up fine in subcommander.
> I put the code into in */home/user/Subversion/Database/project1 (mind
> you, the code in trunk resides i nthe project1 folder so there ie now
> trunk sub folder).*
>
> A developer came along and added the following folder into Subversion:
> */svn/repo/Database/project1/trunk/test
> *So now there is a test cases folder under trunk with new code.
>
> I now go into Subversion and checkout the *test cases only*, not all the
> code under trunk.
> They would get checked out to:
> */home/user/Subversion/Database/project1/test
>
> *If I then look at the working copy view in Subcommander, it is like
> Subversion does not know I have it checked out there. In Subcommander,
> the folder test shows up with a question mark. Subversion does not see
> them as being under source control but I just checked this out from the
> repository. The test folder has it's own .svn folder now and the code is
> in the test folder.
>
> If I start over and do a recursive checkout on the trunk folder to
> include all the files in test as well, it shows up fine in subcommander.
>
> It is almost like subversion is not updating the information in the*
> /home/user/Subversion/Database/project1/.svn* folder to tell it about
> the new folder/code the I just checked out underneath.
>
> I was wondering if anyone has run int this? Could this be a subversion
> or subcommander bug? Could I be doing something wrong, missing a step?
>
> Any help or thoughts would be much appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Mark
>
>
>
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