Hi all, I recently ran into a problem retrieving revision information. The errors for retrieving revision history (using svn blame) happened after a recent move of a directory containing Java files. After the move I started to receive errors when using 'svn blame' so I tried to do a reverse merge. When using 'svn blame' continued to have errors I tried using svn delete to remove the directory and svn copy with the revision number before the directory move to restore the directory to the revision before the move. Now when I try to use svn blame I am receiving "Could not resolve path ... for history".
The exact line I am using is: svn blame http://power-architect.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/ca/sqlpower/architect/ArchitectSession.java which returned: svn: Could not resolve path /trunk/src/ca/sqlpower/architect/ArchitectSession.java for history Running the command: svn cat http://power-architect.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/ca/sqlpower/architect/ArchitectSession.java returned the file as it existed before the directory move. I have tried searching the web and the mailing list for users with a similar problem but have found none. From the "Version Control with Subversion" section on resurrecting deleted items using 'svn delete' on the directory then 'svn copy' on the revision before the change should link the new directory and files with the ones before the move and remove this error but it did not. Is there a way to restore my directory so the revision history of the files are linked with the originals? The full set of changes were as follows: For reference: Project: http://code.google.com/p/power-architect/ svn: version 1.6.3 Eclipse: version 3.4.1 Subclipse: version 1.6.3 Before any changes I was on r3393. I started with moving the directory and all subdirectories and files at trunk/src/ca to trunk/src/main/java/ca using Eclipse and Subclipse. The log: svn log -v -r 3394 http://power-architect.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ returned: r3394 | thomasobrie...@gmail.com | 2010-03-24 17:07:56 -0400 (Wed, 24 Mar 2010) | 3 lines Changed paths: ... D /trunk/src/ca ... A /trunk/src/main A /trunk/src/main/java A /trunk/src/main/java/ca (from /trunk/src/ca:3393) ... This appears that the folder was moved correctly and the history of /trunk/src/main/java/ca is linked to /trunk/src/ca as expected. Next I tried to view revision information: svn blame http://power-architect.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/main/java/ca/sqlpower/architect/architectsession.j...@3394 returned: svn: Could not resolve path /trunk/src/ca/ArchitectSession.java for history I noticed the path at this point was wrong. The ArchitectSession.java file is located at /trunk/src/ca/sqlpower/architect. Verifying revision information: svn blame http://power-architect.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/ca/sqlpower/architect/architectsession.j...@3393 returned: 1600 fuerth /* 2099 jeff...@sqlpower.ca * Copyright (c) 2008, SQL Power Group Inc. 2099 jeff...@sqlpower.ca * 2099 jeff...@sqlpower.ca * This f.... Since the revision before my commit caused the error I decided it would be best to reverse the change. The first step I took to try and reverse the change was I went to Eclipse and did a reverse merge from r3394 to r3393. This reversed the file move but retrieving revision information was still failing: svn blame http://power-architect.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/ca/sqlpower/architect/architectsession.j...@3395 returned: svn: Could not resolve path /trunk/src/ca/sqlpower/architect/ArchitectSession.java for history The path to the file was now correct but the path still could not be resolved. Finally, I decided to try and remove the entire directory and copy everything from r3393, before the directory change. I tried: svn delete -m "removing all of src to check it back in to fix history." https://power-architect.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src followed by: svn copy https://power-architect.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/s...@3393 https://power-architect.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src However, this still resulted in: svn blame http://power-architect.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/ca/sqlpower/architect/ArchitectSession.java returning: svn: Could not resolve path /trunk/src/ca/sqlpower/architect/ArchitectSession.java for history Any help in restoring my revision history would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Thomas
