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Re: svn copy not working but svn co does

From: Ryan Schmidt <subversion-2007b_at_ryandesign.com>
Date: 2007-12-19 03:41:47 CET

On Dec 18, 2007, at 20:37, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

> On Dec 18, 2007, at 20:28, Frank Kim wrote:
>
>>> Could it be that /home/fkim/svn/aetv/trunk is actually your
>>> repository, and not /home/fkim/svn/aetv? What is the contents of the
>>> directory /home/fkim/svn/aetv on the server's hard drive? Is there a
>>> directory /home/fkim/svn/aetv/trunk on the server's hard drive
>>> and if
>>> so what is its contents?
>>
>> Thanks for your reply. Here are the contents of /home/fkim/svn/aetv:
>>
>> [pizarro ~/svn/aetv]$ ls
>> branches/ tags/ trunk/
>>
>> [pizarro ~/svn/aetv]$ ls trunk/
>> README.txt conf/ dav/ db/ format hooks/ locks/
>>
>> [pizarro ~/svn/aetv]$ ls branches/
>> README.txt conf/ dav/ db/ format hooks/ locks/
>>
>> I think I am doing the right thing. [snip]
>
> Well you're not. :) You have created two separate repositories, one
> called trunk and one called branches (and probably a third called
> tags). That won't work. You can't "svn copy" between repositories,
> only within a single repository.
>
> Let's clean up this mess so that you have only a single repository.
> Before we begin, please check whether there is anything in your
> branches and tags repositories:
>
> $ svn ls file:///home/fkim/svn/aetv/branches
> $ svn ls file:///home/fkim/svn/aetv/tags
>
> Assuming this shows the branches and tags repositories are empty,
> then let's proceed to get rid of them and make the trunk repository
> your only repository.
>
> $ cd /home/fkim/svn/aetv
> $ mv trunk/* .
> $ rm -rf trunk branches tags
>
> Now go to every working copy that you already have. We need to
> inform each working copy that the location of the repository has
> changed. For each working copy, do this:
>
> $ cd working-copy
> $ svn switch --relocate \
> file:///home/fkim/svn/aetv/trunk \
> file:///home/fkim/svn/aetv
>
> Or if the repository used your svn+ssh URL, then:

I meant "working copy" not "repository" here, sorry.

> $ svn switch --relocate \
> svn+ssh://fkim@foo.com/home/fkim/svn/aetv/trunk \
> svn+ssh://fkim@foo.com/home/fkim/svn/aetv
>
> So now you've fixed your repository, and you've fixed all working
> copies that point to it. Now you can begin reorganizing. In
> particular, you will now want to create the trunk, branches and
> tags directories in your repository. Go to a clean working copy of
> this repository, or check out a new one, and make the three
> directories:
>
> $ svn checkout file:///home/fkim/svn/aetv reorg
> $ cd reorg
> $ svn mkdir trunk branches tags
>
> Now for every item that is not the trunk, branches or tags
> directory, move it into the trunk directory:
>
> $ svn mv foo trunk
>
> (for every "foo")
>
> Now commit the change.
>
> $ svn ci -m "Making trunk, branches and tags directories and moving
> everything into the trunk"
>
> NOW you can make branches or tags by copying from the trunk.

Forgot one thing: and now, you will want to go back again to each of
your existing working copies, and switch them so that they still
point at the trunk. For each working copy, now do this:

$ cd working-copy
$ svn switch file:///home/fkim/svn/aetv/trunk

Or if the working copy used your svn+ssh URL, then

$ svn switch svn+ssh://fkim@foo.com/home/fkim/svn/aetv/trunk

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