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Re: svn.exe does not work with junctions (WinXP)

From: Erik Huelsmann <ehuels_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 08:13:34 +0100

On Feb 6, 2008 12:53 PM, Wouter van der Horst <w.vanderhorst_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to set svn properties to a directory which is a junction
> to another one, in which a checkout has been done. The error I get is:
>
> svn: 'D:\Projects' is not a working copy
> svn: Can't open file 'D:\Projects\.svn\entries': The system cannot
> find the path specified.
>
> The given parameter was "D:\Projects\<juncton_dir>"
>
> Running the same command with the 'normal' dir as parameter works fine.
>
> using:
> svn, version 1.4.6 (r28521)
> compiled Dec 20 2007, 16:19:22
> winxp sp2
>
> I found this:
> http://svn.haxx.se/tsvn/archive-2007-01/0031.shtml
>
> But I found nothing about this in the bugtracker. Is this a bug like
> that post claims?

Probably not: the behaviour is consistent with the Unix version when
passing a symlink (Unix's variant of a junction) as a target.

HTH,

Erik.

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