Can't open .svn/text-base/file.svn-base ?

Question

I'm using TortoiseSVN. I just made quite a few changes to my working copy and now I went to do a commit some of the files went through but at one file named Search.aspx.cs it says

Commit failed (details follow):
Can't open file 
'C:\-----\trunk\.svn\text-base\Search.aspx.cs.svn-base': 
The system cannot find the file specified.

I have tried doing a SVN update and SVN cleanup and nothing is restoring this file. I can't even create a diff because it gives a similar error about missing files. How do I fix this? What did I do to cause it?

Answer 1

It looks like your working copy is corrupted - the SVN base file for Search.aspx.cs is missing.

What I do in a situation like this to do a separate check-out in another directory to make a new working copy on the base, export my modified working copy, and copy the export over the new working copy.

Answer 2

Did the rest of your changes go in ok?

If they did copy aside the offending file, kill the directory, check out a fresh copy and add the file back

Answer 3

I just checked back in here because my TSVN just triggered the same error.

In my case a simple 'clean up' on the corresponding directories helped.

Answer 4

Does this seem like a possible answer to your situation?

(from http://www.uwplatt.edu/csse/tools/subversion/subversion-help.html)

"Failed to add file '(name here)': object of the same name already exists.

or

"Can't open file 'folder.svn\tmp\text-base\file.svn-base': The system cannot find the file specified."

Both mean that two files in the same folder have the same name except for capitalization; for example "Readme.txt" and "README.TXT". Unix and Subversion are case-sensitive, so the files are considered to be completely unrelated. But in Windows is not case-sensitive, so when it tries to update README.TXT on top of Readme.txt (say), it breaks.

The surest way to fix the problem is to log in to a Unix system (such as io.uwplatt.edu) and use the unix notes to check out the repository there. You can then use the svn mv command to rename one of the files. If you are in the middle of trying to add a file to your repository, you might try using TortoiseSVN->Rename... to rename the existing file to something entirely different and then updating. Note that you need to use the TortoiseSVN rename commands; merely renaming the file in Windows Explorer won't fix your problems.

I had this same error, and using Tortoise SVN's repo browser was able to confirm that there were two files in the repository with the same name only varying by upper/lowercase letters. You can also fix this issue through the repo browser by deleting one of the files (you can do a diff first through repo browser to make sure you have what you need).

Answer 5

You can copy working file: C:-----\trunk\Search.aspx.cs

to the missing one: C:-----\trunk.svn\text-base\Search.aspx.cs.svn-base

and it will do the trick.

Answer 6

I had this problem after accidentally wiping empty .svn/tmp folders (and all other empty folders on my HD). None of the above solutions, except restoring an empty .svn/tmp folder helped (for all .svn folders).