RE: Deleting Files

Thanks Marc for the great questions... I did not do a great job explaining the problem.
I have been using TortoiseSVN client for the past 4 years on Windows XP. Before this problem started I got a new Windows 7 x64 computer.
However, this problem is also now happening on my old computer, so it seems to me that is it not the OS.
I also updated the TortoiseSVN to the latest version.

All the support files are part of the repository, in the directory above the dist folder. I copy those files into the dist after I do a clean build in Netbeans.
I know I have to do this every time because the clean build deletes the dist folder and recreates it.
This has been working great for several years.

Recently thought, when I run the jar file in the dist folder the support files in the dist folder get deleted.
If I then do a delete and revert of the files in the above folder and re-copy them into the dist folder I can run the jar file and they are not deleted!
This "patch" seems to work for a few days and then I have to delete and revert again.
This is why I think it is Tortoise that is somehow the cause!

I hope that is more clear and any help would be GREATLY appreciated.

I also recently created a new folder and checked out the entire repository again - I am checking to see if that eliminates the problem.

-----Original Message-----
From: Cooke, Mark [mailto:mark.cooke_at_siemens.com]
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 2:18 AM
To: users_at_subversion.apache.org
Cc: Elena Feroe
Subject: RE: Deleting Files

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elena Feroe [mailto:eferoe_at_imageworkscorporation.com]
> Sent: 30 August 2012 21:32
> To: users_at_subversion.apache.org
> Subject: Deleting Files
>
> Hello,

Hello.

> I am currently having a problem with my local Subversion files.
>
> When I build my program in Netbeans, the files are put into a "dist"
> folder. I have set this folder to be ignored since the files are
> constantly changing.
>
> After the code is compiled, all the other files the program needs are
> copied into this dist folder manually.
>
> At this point I can run and debug the program. Without the support
> files I CANNOT run or debug the program.
>
> My problem is that every few days, after I run the program, all the
> support files in the dist folder are deleted.
>
> My program is not deleting any files.

What makes you suspect subversion? You do not tell us which client you are using or on what platform?

> If I delete and do a revert on these files, they are not deleted when
> the program is run and closed.

`revert` should have no effect on `ignored` files.

> I have no idea how this is happening, or what is causing it to happen
> every few days, but I need help!
>
> I cannot keep developing with this issue.
>
> Thanks for any help you can offer!!!

I have to suggest that netbeans probably considers the `dist` folder as its own preserve and is the likely candidate for `cleaning` those files whenever you do a clean (re)build. It is very unlikely that any subversion client would be deleting `ignored` files (and if they are that should be considered a bug).

Can you modify your app to search for your support files in a way that you can configure to be somewhere else?

Regards,

~ Mark C
Received on 2012-08-31 14:47:17 CEST