Re: copy flag but no copyfrom URL

I found this in the archives. Hope it helps:
*
**Quoth Rob Wilkerson: *
*> I'm trying to commit a few changes, but I keep getting this error
message: *
*> *
*> Commit item 'path/to/a/directory' has copy flag but no copyfrom URL. *
*> *
*> What does that mean and how can I get rid of it? If the icons are *
*> accurate then everything is exactly as I expect it to be. The *
*> exclamation point overlays only exist on the files that have been *
*> changed (and their ancestor directories, of course). *

*It sounds like the working copy metadata for 'path/to/a/directory' has *
*gotten confused somehow. *

*Presumably this is a file that you've copied/moved from somewhere else? *
* If so, try this procedure: *

*1. using regular Explorer (not SVN) make a copy of the file (as a backup) *
*2. SVN Revert the file; it should become unversioned. Delete it. *
*3. Perform the SVN Copy again (if it was a move, you'll have to go to *
*the folder where it was moved from, pick Check For Modifications, and *
*revert the Delete using the context menu to get the original file back). *
*4. with regular Explorer delete the newly created file and rename the *
*backup file to the same name. *

*This should fix up the metadata while retaining any local modifications *
*you've made, if you follow it precisely. *

*Of course, this assumes that 'path/to/a/directory' really was a file, *
*not a folder. If it's a folder, then it becomes more complicated, but *
*still has the same basic pattern. *

On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 5:19 PM, michael <cs_at_networkingnewsletter.org.uk>wrote:

> Hi. I've confused myself. A while ago I believe I did a
>
> svn copy trunk branches/WP1a_cleanup
>
> (I don't think I did a REP->REP copy since there's nothing suggestive in
> the log)
>
> and now I'd editted some files, moved some, but when I try and commit I
> get an error that I can't work out what to do about or how to diagnose
> so your expert help would be highly appreciated. Ta, Michael
>
> ~/RCS/applications_support/PaulPopelier/morphy/branches/WP1a_cleanup$
> svn commit -m 'partially completed WP1a - details to follow or see Wiki;
> removing included files and adding replacement module files (eg
> wfn->wfn_module.f90)'
> svn: Commit failed (details follow):
> svn: Commit item
> '/home/horace/mccssmb2/RCS/applications_support/PaulPopelier/morphy/branches/WP1a_cleanup/psstart.f'
> has copy flag but no copyfrom URL
>
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