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

From: Bob Archer <Bob.Archer_at_amsi.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 22:49:31 +0000

Ah, that's what I get for responding before reading the whole thread. Glad you figured it out.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Ross [mailto:kevin_at_familyross.net]
> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2014 5:48 PM
> To: Bob Archer; users_at_subversion.apache.org
> Subject: Re: Created branches, tags, and trunk after the fact, MOSTLY works
>
> 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 23:50:05 CET

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