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From: Giulio Troccoli [mailto:giulio.trocc...@uk.linedata.com]
Sent: Mon 9/13/2010 12:33 PM
To: anw-d...@infoisland.net; users@subversion.apache.org
Subject: RE: Repository Directory Tree
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From: Giulio Troccoli [mailto:giulio.trocc...@uk.linedata.com]
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 3:52 AM
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Subject: RE: Repository Directory Tree
Please don't top post. On this ML the net-etiquette requires you to
post your reply at the bottom
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From: Aladdin [mailto:alad...@csunv.com]
Sent: 12 September 2010 19:56
To: users@subversion.apache.org
Subject: RE: Repository Directory Tree
Oops! Sorry- should ALWAYS RTFM!! I used svn up NetDataSvc
--force, and it *seemed* to work!
Is this what I should have done, and now will need to do for each
project I check out for the first time after doing this?
Regards,
Allen
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From: Aladdin [mailto:alad...@csunv.com]
Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 2:48 PM
To: 'Giulio Troccoli'; users@subversion.apache.org
Subject: RE: Repository Directory Tree
Giulio,
That seemed to work well, except now when I try to checkout
one of my
projects, I get this:
anw-dev:/home/anw/TechProjects# svn co
file:///var/svn/NetDataSvc .
svn: Failed to add directory 'NotUsed': an unversioned
directory
of the same name already exists
NotUsed contains, as the name implies, a couple of C++
and .h source
files that I'm not currently using but wanted to hang on
to. It is a
subdirectory under NetDataSvc.
From the error message I guess /home/anw/TechProjects was not empty
when you tried the checkout. Using the --force option you have
overwritten the content of /home/anw/TechProjects/NotUsed with
whatever it was in the repository (it should have left
untouched all
those files that are not in the repository).
I don't know whether that was what you should have done. Maybe, or
maybe not. Only you can be the judge of that, because you know what
was in that directory before you check your working copy
out. As per
having to do use --force every time, I wouldn't think so. I
mean, you
would need to make a judgement call if you already have a NotUsed
directory, but if you do everytime, I would question why you do. I
personally would check out a fresh new working copy in a non, yet,
existing directory.
G
Sorry about the top post. I'm also active on another mailing
list regarding dovecot where you are *supposed* to top post.
Again maybe I should have RTFM'd!
It's ok :-) Now you know
OK- I think I understand. What the directory had in it was a
copy of what I put into the repository; I hadn't made any
changes since it went it went in, so it should be fine. All
other directories similarly; so, if I understand correctly,
if I delete them all first or just use --force to check them
out, it should be the same.
I'm not 100%. As I said I'm a bit uncomfortable in using the --force option.
I'd rather check out in a new directory.
G
It sounds like good advice. At least for the first few, I will check them out
in an empty directory and compare them, then clear out the old directory and
check them out into the one I really want to use.
Thanks for all the help!!
Allen
