Re: File already exists Error with Subversion 1.6.12

Bob Archer wrote on Thu, Feb 03, 2011 at 09:55:40 -0500:
> > Hello,
> > we have following error with importing dump file fom svnimporter of
> > polarion:
> >
> > codebeamer_at_af4hh087:/var/home/tmp_adm> svnadmin load
> > /apps/codebeamer/CB-5.5.1-b02/repository/svn/ARUEHISTORIE/ <
> > /var/home/tmp_adm/full_dump_20110128_102420.txt.bin
> > <<< Started new transaction, based on original revision 1
> > svnadmin: File already exists: filesystem '/apps/codebeamer/CB-
> > 5.5.1-b02/repository/svn/ARUEHISTORIE/db', transaction '2-11', path
> > 'trunk'
> >     * adding path : trunk ..
> >
> > I read many issues in the internet concerning this. Do you know
> > this error and is there a solution for this? By the way, there's no
> > file or directory db inside the dump.
> >
> > Best Regards
> > Ingo Carstens
>
> Two things...
>
> 1. You did create a repository with svnadmin first. Load will not create a repository. You are loading into an empty repository?
>

Yes, I can tell that from the error message.

> 2. Try the command without the trailing slash on the repository path... all the example I see don't use it, and I also don't put it when I have done loads.
>

Irrelevant. Paths are svn_dirent_canonicalized() at the client level
(before they enter the library), and that removes trailing slashes.

(that is responsible for the problems with 'svn ls symlink-to-wc/' by
the way)

> BOb
>
Received on 2011-02-04 01:34:28 CET