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Re: directory mistaken identity

From: Ryan Schmidt <subversion-2008a_at_ryandesign.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 10:30:32 -0600

On Feb 22, 2008, at 21:14, Michael Spiegel wrote:

> I have a project in my subversion repository that has a /src directory
> and a /build directory. The /src directory is under SVN control while
> the /build directory is not. The confusing part is that when I check
> files into the /src directory, they appear in both the /src directory
> and the /build directory. When I delete files from the /build
> directory and remove them from the subversion repository, they also
> disappear from the subversion repository. And when I check the "svn
> log" on the files in the /build directory, it dumps out the log
> reports from the /src directory. How could this be happening? I don't
> think I did anything unusual when I configured my subversion
> repository.

You checked out /src then used your operating system copy facility to
make a copy of it named "build". Subversion still knows (via the
hidden .svn directory inside) what part of the repository it came from.

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