On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 10:00, Mark Phippard <markphip_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
We've since trashed the WC and checked out fresh, due to non-SVN
issues with how the code was installed on the server a while back. But
this explanation does help and makes sense int he context of what I
saw.
Is this documented somewhere? I didn't see it in the manual or svn help.
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