How to commit this file to svn?

Question

I'm on a Mac and would like to commit a file to svn but get an error that the parent folder is lock.

Description : Directory '/Developer/Projects/myappproject/trunk/targetfolder/myapp.app/.svn' containing working copy     
admin area is missing
Status : 155005
File : subversion/libsvn_wc/lock.c, 947

I run a cleanup from trunk:

svn cleanup targetfolder

and get this error:

svn: 'targetfolder/myapp.app.dSYM' is not a working copy directory

The above is a debug symbol file for an iPhone app. It is really a folder or package.

I can't commit or cleanup. I do see the above file in CornerStone, which is what I use for source control. What should I do at this point?

Answer 1

Looks like you have some corruption there.

I would:

1. Make a copy of the project
2. Checkout a fresh copy of the entire project
3. Run a diff on the project copy and merge any differences to the new project (excluding stuff in .svn directories)
4. Check in the new project.