Bug#347456: subversion: svn doesn't like it if folders already exist
Thorsten Gunkel
tgunkel-lists at tgunkel.de
Tue Jan 10 20:12:56 UTC 2006
Package: subversion
Version: 1.1.4-2
Severity: wishlist
Hi, I (mis-)use subversion to store some parts of my filesystem.
e.g.
# svn add --non-recursive /etc/
# svn add /etc/fstab
to add (only) /etc/fstab but not for example /etc/passwd
However when I want to do a checkout on another machine svn will complain
because etc already exists:
# svn update
svn: Working copy 'etc' is missing or not locked
I know of at least two possibilities* to convince svn to accept etc as one of
'his' folders but I would find it very convenient if svn would integrate
folders that already exists automatically or if it would offer an option to
do so.
regards
Thorsten
*) 1. Move the folder temporary away and let svn recreate it
(however you probably don't want to move /etc away, even temporary)
2. Get the /etc/.svn subfolder from somewhere else and copy it into your
etc folder
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12.2
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 at euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 at euro (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages subversion depends on:
ii db4.2-util 4.2.52-18 Berkeley v4.2 Database Utilities
ii libapr0 2.0.54-5 the Apache Portable Runtime
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libdb4.2 4.2.52-18 Berkeley v4.2 Database Libraries [
ii libexpat1 1.95.8-3 XML parsing C library - runtime li
ii libldap2 2.1.30-8 OpenLDAP libraries
ii libneon24 0.24.7.dfsg-2 An HTTP and WebDAV client library
ii libssl0.9.7 0.9.7e-3sarge1 SSL shared libraries
ii libsvn0 1.1.4-2 shared libraries used by Subversio
ii libxml2 2.6.16-7 GNOME XML library
ii patch 2.5.9-2 Apply a diff file to an original
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.2-4.sarge.2 compression library - runtime
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