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SVN - Not a working copy error

Im pulling my hair out on this one. I have a site which is version controlled using SVN, I use aptana (eclipse, subclipse) to do the svn. I have been checking in and out files, updating etc and everything is fine. However the system we have been building has been adding its own files and folders. When I try to commit these, it tells me...

How do I copy my entire working copy between hard drives?

Whenever I try to copy an entire working copy using simple drag and drop between two computers (e.g. from an old computer to a new one, or from one VM to another) in order to avoid having to redownload the entire several GB set of code from our online repository I get an error as soon as I reach any of the hidden SVN-BASE files. Is ther...

SVN: one working copy, two repositories?

I'd like to know how can I set two repositories for my one working copy. I need one repository in my server, so that I can check in/out between two pcs; I need another repository in my local pc, so that I can see the result of diff quickly (my svn server is on a slow shared host) How can I do that? ...

What is a working copy and what does "switching" do for me in Tortoise SVN?

Alright, lets get back to SVN 101. I have a software app and I've hit an important milestone, version 2.0. I decided I want to tag this version as "Version-2.0" so I have this named snapshot. I also create a "Version-2.0" branch in case I need to fix anything and merge it back into my trunk. After reading through the Tortoise SVN hel...

How to convert an existing directory to an Svn WC w/o replacing local files?

I have a large Subversion repository with nearly 15gb of data spread across ~500,000 files. Now I need to checkout this repository to a remote host which would take days to complete. The host I'm checking out to already has a complete copy of the data in the repository. But seeing as the files weren't checked out directly from the r...

Try to svn checkout, but get: svn: '.' is already a working copy for a different URL

I'm trying to svn checkout into my public_html folder, but I get this error: svn: '.' is already a working copy for a different URL My brother already set up a boiler plate site for me, but I've changed it and put those changes into a repo of my own. How do I make this folder not be a working copy of the repo he set up originally? Can ...

[Git]How can I make my local repository available for git-pull?

I have a working copy repository that I've been working in no problem; the origin for this repository is on GitHub. I'd like to make my working copy repository available as the origin for my build machine (a VM on another physical host), so that commits I make to my working copy can be built and tested on the build machine without hav...

How to synch an existing SVN repository?

Hi all I recently had to reinstall subversion on my hosting account. The repository I had setup is no longer considered working copy by the new SVN install. How can I added this repository back in to svn? I don't cant do an admincreate and copy it over. I have some checked out copies that need to stay in synch with this repository. How ...

return subversion working copy to an old revision

Hello I had some problems with my subversion server and i had to restore it from backup but it is an older one. For example i have the server at revision 400 but my working copy is at 405. How can i get my working copy to an older revision withought loosing my work and recommit the changes. Thanks a lot ...

How do I Determine SVN Working Copy Layout Version?

For example, the SVN 1.5 client has one layout for Working Copies, and the SVN 1.6 client has a different layout. I understand that the layout automatically gets upgraded when it gets touched by a newer client. My question is simply: if I have a Working Copy on my system, how can I find out the version of the layout it's using? ...

How to show any working copy folders in effect for a subversion project?

I am new to SVN and I've poked around looking for an answer on this but I haven't found it yet so here goes: Using TortoiseSVN, I bring up the REPO browser and navigate to the root of the repository where I can view all the projects. Is there any way to navigate to a given project and then inquire whether there exists any working copy ...

git status shows modifications, git checkout -- <file> doesn't remove them

I would like to remove all changes to my working copy. Running 'git status' shows files modified. Nothing I do seems to remove these modifications. E.g.: rbellamy@PROMETHEUS /d/Development/rhino-etl (master) $ git status # On branch master # Changed but not updated: # (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed) # (use...

Problem on checkout SCplugin shows error "working copy of ... locked"

hi all one of my customer uses mac and pc. so i installed him scplugin as svn-client for mac and tortoise for pc. I added .svn to the global-ignores of the scplugin. when i want to checkout a directory some times the error "working copy of ... is locked" appears. it's never the same path. i tried with tortoise to get the data. it wo...

SVN - Change working copy to point at new svn path

I've got a SVN Repository that has moved to a new address/path. However, I've got a working copy with uncommitted source code still pointing to the old (now invalid) repository path. How do you change a working copy to point at a new repository? ...

SVN - When you tag a working copy is it still a cheap copy?

Using Subversion, in my working copy I make a minor modification (update a version number). I would then like to tag my working copy. Would this tag still be a cheap copy with the modification, or would SVN duplicate the files? I would hate to see my repository grow enormously in size because I'm trying to save a version number change...

SVN checkout browser

I've been looking all over for a SVN browser. Now I'm not talking about anything like WebSVN or TRAC, I don't want to browse the repository; I want to browse the checkout. I'm looking for a program that lets me browse the checkout (working copy) and shows me the info I'd normally need to SSH for. So I could mark specific files or fold...

Svn log - svn: '.' is not a working copy

I'm getting "svn: '.' is not a working copy" when i use the svn log command. I know that i need a working copy for the log command to work but can this be done directly on a repository? My goal is to display the information (change history) of a repository. I think updating the working copy whenever i need the log information is not ...

SVN: How to fill a new repo with a working copy

I have a working copy checked out, and a new empty repository. How can I fill that new repository using the working copy? I don't have access to the original SVN. I could delete all .svn dirs and do svn commit, but I'm wondering about some smarter way. Thanks for tips. ...

Create a tag / branch from local working copy using SVN

I have a Nant script which updates a directory with the latest source code (checked out from the svn repository), then updates Assembly Info and a few other files and does some builds. I want the working copy which includes all changes made (after the build is run) be made into a tag revision (described in SVN help 4.19. Branching / Tag...

TortoiseSVN: Show status of multiple working folders in parent folder

I have repository configured like this: \Util_1 \branches \tags \trunk \Util_2 \branches \tags \trunk ... Now, on my local disk i have: \dev \Utils \Util_1 \Util_2 In Util_xx folders are only trunks. If I enter the Utils folder, TortoiseSvn shows status icons for each Util. Unfortunately, Utils folder tha...