I ended up reverting, deleting, then updating. Finally worked. Thank you
for the help.
On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 11:35 AM, Richard Yale <Richard.Yale_at_uk.linedata.com>
wrote:
> When I messed up my first checked out directory structure I couldn't get
> any of my changes back into the repository. I found the surest way to
> un-break my work was:
>
>
>
> Check it all out again in a different place
>
> Copy the files I changed from the old set to the new check out. (File by
> file is best.) SVN add or delete files if necessary
>
> Check that all in again
>
> Delete (not SVN delete) the duff directory structure and continue working
> with the new one
>
>
>
> Hope it helps,
>
> Rich
>
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> *From:* Matthew Smith [mailto:chedderslam_at_gmail.com]
> *Sent:* 09 May 2008 16:36
> *To:* users_at_subversion.tigris.org
> *Subject:* new to svn, having trouble with directory
>
>
>
> I am trying to update a directory on a server with new files from the
> repository. I tried doing a "svn update" but was unable to do so. The
> message I got was" svn: Failed to add directory '(directory name)': object
> of the same name already exists"
>
> I tried deleting the directory, which worked. Now I get a ! for the
> status. However, when running "svn update", I get "svn: Failed to add
> directory 'packages/xotcl-demo-note': object of the same name is already
> scheduled for addition."
>
> I'm not sure what to do. Basically, I want the directory and files in that
> directory that are in the repository copied to the working copy on the
> server. Thanks for any help.
>
Received on 2008-05-09 20:58:39 CEST