Why doesn't svn import work?

Question

I have subversion setup on Mac OS X 10.5.6. When I do

svn import myproject file:///library/subversion/myproject/trunk -m "initial import"

Committed revision 2.

Nothing happens. I'm back at the command prompt and no files are imported. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

You should be importing to:

file:///Library/...

not

file:///library/...

Answer 2

What are you expecting to happen? The the files (if any) in myproject wil be added to the repository. Nothing will be changes in myproject itself - to get a working copy you need to do a checkout.

Answer 3

Are you sure about that? It said import was committed...try a checkout! (and read the book:)

Answer 4

for more information see the svn ebook here! -> http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.5/svn-book.pdf

Answer 5

You need to tell SVN which files in the current directory you want to add to the repository before you commit.

svn add [filename]

--Edit

OK Quick Lesson

navigate to the directory you want to be your "Working copy" for your repository.

SVN CHECKOUT [my_repository_address]

Create the files you wish to add to your repository then add them

SVN ADD [my_file]

Commit your changes back to the repository

SVN COMMIT

When you are done please go and read the SVN book which is freely available on-line: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.5/index.html

Answer 6

This isn't an answer but I can't stick in the comments. (If there is a better way moderator, please let me know).

Here's the steps I did for the second account, which works fine. repo, repo2 and testdocs are in the root folder.

Log into usera account Open Terminal and....

MacBook:/ usera$ svnadmin create repo2
MacBook:/ usera$ chmod -R a+rwX repo2
MacBook:/ usera$ cd testdocs
MacBook:testdocs usera$ svn import file:///repo2 -m "initial import"
Adding         questions.rtf
Adding         UsingStatement.txt
Adding         questions2.txt
Adding         iPhone.rtf

Committed revision 1.
MacBook:testdocs usera$

Then I opened repo2 in svnX. All files are there. I log off of usera and logon to my account. I had already done the above but with "repo". Those are the results I've already posted, which show import not working. I open repo2 with svnX. All files are still there. I open repo with svnX. No files. Why does it work in one account and not in another?

Answer 7

user permissions probably not got access to the repro files.