> -----Original Message-----
> From: Giulio Troccoli [mailto:Giulio.Troccoli_at_uk.linedata.com]
> Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 3:52 AM
> To: anw-dist_at_infoisland.net; users_at_subversion.apache.org
> Subject: RE: Repository Directory Tree
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> post your reply at the bottom
> >
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> -----Original Message-----
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> > From: Aladdin [mailto:aladdin_at_csunv.com]
> > Sent: 12 September 2010 19:56
> > To: users_at_subversion.apache.org
> > Subject: RE: Repository Directory Tree
> >
> > Oops! Sorry- should ALWAYS RTFM!! I used " svn up
> > NetDataSvc --force", and it *seemed* to work!
> >
> > Is this what I should have done, and now will need to do for
> > each project I check out for the first time after doing this?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Allen
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Aladdin [mailto:aladdin_at_csunv.com]
> > > Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 2:48 PM
> > > To: 'Giulio Troccoli'; users_at_subversion.apache.org
> > > Subject: RE: Repository Directory Tree
> > >
> > > Giulio,
> > >
> > > That seemed to work well, except now when I try to checkout
> > one of my
> > > projects, I get this:
> > >
> > > anw-dev:/home/anw/TechProjects# svn co file:///var/svn/NetDataSvc .
> > > svn: Failed to add directory 'NotUsed': an unversioned directory of
> > > the same name already exists
> > >
> > > "NotUsed" contains, as the name implies, a couple of C++
> > and .h source
> > > files that I'm not currently using but wanted to hang on
> > to. It is a
> > > subdirectory under NetDataSvc.
>
> From the error message I guess /home/anw/TechProjects was not empty
> when you tried the checkout. Using the --force option you have
> overwritten the content of /home/anw/TechProjects/NotUsed with whatever
> it was in the repository (it should have left untouched all those files
> that are not in the repository).
>
> I don't know whether that was what you should have done. Maybe, or
> maybe not. Only you can be the judge of that, because you know what was
> in that directory before you check your working copy out. As per having
> to do use --force every time, I wouldn't think so. I mean, you would
> need to make a judgement call if you already have a NotUsed directory,
> but if you do everytime, I would question why you do. I personally
> would check out a fresh new working copy in a non, yet, existing
> directory.
>
> G
Sorry about the top post. I'm also active on another mailing list regarding
dovecot where you are *supposed* to top post. Again maybe I should have
RTFM'd!
OK- I think I understand. What the directory had in it was a copy of what I
put into the repository; I hadn't made any changes since it went it went in,
so it should be fine. All other directories similarly; so, if I understand
correctly, if I delete them all first or just use --force to check them out,
it should be the same.
Thanks a bunch-
Allen
Received on 2010-09-13 18:20:09 CEST