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Re: Created branches, tags, and trunk after the fact, MOSTLY works

From: Kevin Ross <kevin_at_familyross.net>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 14:47:56 -0800

Yes, that was the problem. I figured it out a little while ago and
posted my findings.

Thanks for your help!
-- Kevin

On 2/24/2014 2:46 PM, Bob Archer wrote:
> Are you branching from a point prior to moving your project into the trunk directory?
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Kevin Ross [mailto:kevin_at_familyross.net]
>> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2014 4:47 PM
>> To: users_at_subversion.apache.org
>> Subject: Created branches, tags, and trunk after the fact, MOSTLY works
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> When the project repository was setup, we didn't include branches, tags,
>> and trunk (oversight on our part). It wasn't until we decided we wanted to
>> start branching that we realized this mistake. So in TortoiseSVN repo-
>> browser, I created branches, tags, and trunk folders, and from the repo-
>> browser, moved the existing folders into the trunk folder.
>>
>> I also then created a branch from a specific revision, and it created the branch
>> for me. I've committed changes to the branch (and to the
>> trunk) without problems.
>>
>> However, if I try to "svn switch" between trunk and a branch, I get "no
>> common ancestry" error (which I can override with --ignore-ancestry), which
>> leads me to believe that I didn't recreate the folder hierarchy correctly.
>>
>> Can anyone help?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> -- Kevin
Received on 2014-02-24 23:48:31 CET

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