Re: How to start over?

On Dec 21, 2009, at 18:16, Leslie Turriff wrote:

> So I run svnadmin create, and it seems to have worked, but when
> I try to add entities to the repository I get these messages:
>
> svn: '.' is not a working copy
> svn: Can't open file '.svn/entries': No such file or directory

> turriff_at_pinto$ #My working directory; what I want to add to svn:
> #My working directory; what I want to add to svn:
> turriff_at_pinto$ tree -d ~/Documents/SourceCode/OpenPipelines
> /home/turriff/Documents/SourceCode/OpenPipelines
> |-- client
> | |-- branch
> | |-- tag
> | `-- trunk
> `-- daemon
> |-- branch
> |-- tag
> `-- trunk

Sounds like you haven't created a working copy yet. There are two ways to do this. One is to "svn import" your tree into Subversion, move aside or delete the tree, and then check it out from the repository again with "svn checkout"; or the IMHO more intuitive "in-place" import method described in the FAQ:

http://subversion.tigris.org/faq.html#in-place-import

> I'm guessing that I set up something in the wrong order or
> something. If I want to start over, how do I get rid of the current,
> empty repository?

I don't believe you need to in this instance, but if you do want to delete a repository, or a working copy, you simply delete it using your usual OS methods, and it will be gone.
Received on 2009-12-22 02:21:51 CET