Re: Fwd: svn co issue

On Friday 03 October 2008 11:57:41 Anto Marky wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I posted the below error earlier still hanging on with it, When I tried svn
> status from my repository directory it gives an error like this -svn:
> warning: '.' is not a working copy.Does anybody know what is happening?
> Could anybody please help me resolve this issue.
>
> Thanks and Regards
>
> Marky

Let's first define the words, then look at your problem.

Repository: the "database" of SubVersion, where the SubVersion server stores
its data.

Working Copy: produced by the SubVersion client, the data of a revision in a
form so that a user can edit them

The error you get is very literal: you are executing "svn status" on something
that is not a working copy as produced by "svn checkout". So you can't run
"svn status" on your repository, only on a working copy.

You can easily identify whether a directory is a working copy by looking
whether a subdirectory ".svn" exists.

I suggest reading the SubVersion book at http://svnbook.red-bean.com if you
haven't already.

Oh, and please show us the literal command you typed in and what that command
produced via copy&paste, that helps us helping you ;-)

Bye,
        Marc

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