Re: possible bug: checkout parent dir fails on subdir if it's wc

Denis Pokataev wrote on Tue, 26 Aug 2008 at 13:02 +0400:
> Summary:
> checkout parent dir fails on subdir if it's working copy already
>
> Steps to reproduce:
> Assuming repo has
> /svn/dir/
> /svn/dir/file1
> /svn/dir/subdir/
> /svn/dir/subdir/file2
>
> mkdir -p dir/subdir
> cd dir/subdir
> svn co http://svn.domain/svn/dir/subdir ./
> A file2
> U .
> Checked out revision 1.
> cd ../
> svn co http://svn.domain/svn/dir ./
> A file
> svn: Failed to add directory 'subdir': a versioned directory of the same
> name already exists
>
> Question:
> Shouldn't it just update 'subdir' as it is working copy already?..
>

'svn checkout --force'? It will "slide" a working copy under the existing
files. (You might have to remove all .svn dirs first for this to work.)

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Received on 2008-08-28 06:57:42 CEST