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Re: How to start over?

From: Leslie Turriff <jlturriff_at_centurytel.net>
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:12:51 -0600

On Monday 21 December 2009 19:21:08 Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> 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
>
        Um. I think I'll go back and re-read the book. :-)

> > 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.

        Okay; that's what I thought, but I thought that I'd make sure.

        Thanks, Ryan.

Leslie
Received on 2009-12-22 04:13:06 CET

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