Re: Output of svn co - what does E mean?

On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 9:56 AM, Andy Levy <andy.levy_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> I just did the following on a server:
>
> svn co <URL> --force --username USER --password PASS .
>
> I was in a directory that already had contents that had, at one time,
> come from <URL> but it was not a WC yet (my goal was to get everything
> from the URL and then just be able to svn up in the future).
>
> The output of svn co showed an E in the first column for many files
> during the checkout. I can't find a reference to this "status" in the
> help for co or st. What does it mean?

This is a new feature in 1.5. It stands for 'E'xists. Prior to 1.5
the command would have failed if files existed. Now, it leaves those
files in place and "slides" the working copy underneath. You should
be able to run svn st and see if there are differences and you could
then revert or commit.

-- 
Thanks
Mark Phippard
http://markphip.blogspot.com/
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