Re: bug with renaming a nonempty folder?

On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 07:10:16PM -0400, Jonathan Derryberry wrote:
> I tried to rename a nonempty folder and then update, and a tree
> conflict resulted. I've worked for a while on a way to get around it
> to no avail. I'm using Vista with the current version of tortoisesvn
> to perform the operations. This potential bug can be produced by
> adding an empty folder (say "foo") to a working copy, adding a new
> text file "bar.txt" into folder "foo". Then renaming foo to "foo2" and
> updating causes a tree conflict. Is this a known issue or bug?

I have never had good luck with moving things around that weren't
committed. I recommend committing after you add a directory and before
moving that directory around.

The smarter people might have more to say on this matter.

tyler
Received on 2009-07-17 03:38:59 CEST