Re: SVN not updating original file

I've read lots of tutorials on setting up and importing projects into SVN
and the majority of them use file:/// so maybe it's just a matter of choice
on how to import your project.

As for my issue, the solution is this:

Delete the contents of /svn/scripts and then checkout a working copy from
SVN into the folder /svn/scripts

whala!! Now I have my files under version control and I can commit changes
directly!

Thanks for your input!!

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  |Andy Levy <andy.levy_at_gmail.com> |
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  |Christopher D Haakinson/Raleigh/IBM_at_IBMUS |
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  |02/22/2011 11:14 AM |
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On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 10:58, Christopher D Haakinson
<cdhaakin_at_us.ibm.com> wrote:
> Hi SVN mailing list! I'm a first timer with SVN and am having problems.
>
> I followed this simple howto:
>
>
http://www.tonyspencer.com/2007/03/02/setup-a-subversion-server-in-4-minutes/

>
> Now I have a repo setup that is accessible from remote clients. I can
> checkout the repo files, edit any of the files included and commit these
> changes back to SVN. To double-check I checked out the repo on a separate
> machine and was able to see my changes made from the first workstation.
>
> The problem I have is that the original file never changes, no matter how
> many changes I make.
>
> For example here's how my layout looks:
>
> /svn/scripts <-- This folder has my original script files I want SVN to
> track and update
>
> "svn import /svn/scripts file:///svn/scripts" is the command I run to
create
> the repo
>
> /svn/scripts/check.sh <-- this is the file I change on my remote client
>
> So after I change this file, I commit the changes back to SVN and this
> appears to work, however the file /svn/scripts/check.sh remains the same,
> original un-edited file.
>
> What am I doing wrong? Seems simple enough it just doesn't work. Thanks!

What that tutorial fails to point out is that when you use svn import,
there is no connection made between the local directory and the
repository. All it does is push the contents of the local directory
into the repository.

This confusion can be mitigated by performing an "in-place import"
instead of a vanilla import. See
http://subversion.apache.org/faq.html#in-place-import

However, since you've already done the import, the safest route to go
now is to just check out a working copy from the repository.

Please also read the fine manual, http://svnbook.org/ . A "simple,
4-minute how-to" might *seem* OK for getting a repository set up, but
it really doesn't help you understand *how* Subversion works and how
to use it. In fact, that how-to completely glosses over *why* you're
running svnserve, and omits any discussion about administering it, and
I'm really puzzled as to why one would import via file:///, then fire
up svnserve, as opposed to just doing everything via svnserve (to
eliminate confusion).