Questions tagged [working-copy]

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Error updating changes svn

I have PHPStorm installed and i open a directory containing a PHP project with SVN. Under the SVN tab in the Changes i encounter the following error: Error updating changes: svn: E155021: The client is too old to work with the working copy at "..."…
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svn: warning: '.' is not a working copy

On a server, I used the svn import command to put files into SVN. I checked the files out to my local machine, made some changes and then committed back. Now I want to update the server copy of the files, but using svn update, it shows "skipped…
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How to replace a directory in a SVN repository without breaking anything

I need to replace a directory in my SVN repository on the production server, but am not sure of the correct way to do this without breaking anything. The directory being replaced is a third-party module revision that has been completely…
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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…
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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…
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How do I find the location of a svn repository?

I have all the source files in my "local" directory. I do svn up and svn ci to down- and up-load code from and to repository, respectively. Now I have realized that there is one directory in the repository for which I did not make a local copy. So,…
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Switch working copy directory without updating

Scenario: Repository structure changed from /trunk/ to /projectName/trunk/ and the local copy is outdated and has a lot of modifications. Question: How can I update the working copy directory path without updating the files. Normally the solution to…
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Remove File from Repository without deleting local copy

How do I do this in Subclipse: svn rm --keep-local file
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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…
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TortoiseSVN error: Working copy path does not exist in repository

I've got a file that I tried to commit using TortoiseSVN, but it gave me the error that the working copy path does not exist, and I have to update my working copy first. So I tried a variety of things: Reverting the file to a previous…
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SVN relocate issue with uuid

I have a question about svn switch --relocate. I have an old repository called beta and we are moving to a new SVN server. There I created a new repo called legacy and committed all the files from the beta repository. Now I need to update all the…
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Gitolite local working copy for Apache DocumentRoot

I have a system setup with git and gitolite. All is working well, except I want my structure to be like this: Local Environment -> Development Server -> Production Server I have a repo setup on the dev server, and it's successfully cloned down to…
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How to fill a new repository 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…
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Remove working copy with TortoiseHg

When I clone a repository I have the choice of "Do not update the new working directory", which can be nice if I just want a copy of the repo without all the files. If I did not check that when I cloned it, is there a way to "update" it to that…
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SVN: How to automagically remove the Working Copy but preserve ignored items?

I currently have a Working Copy with two branches in it: /Source /Source/v1.2 /Source/v1.3 I want to delete this and instead only check out the branch I need (i.e. go one level down the directory tree and only check out /Source/v1.3). However the…
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