working copy path ‘foo’ does not exist in repository.
3 Apr, 2006
Once in a while Subversion will come back at you with a strange error like the "working copy path does not exist in repository" one I was just stuck on for half an hour.
In most cases, this one included, the problem can be alleviated by wiping out the offending directory in your working copy and re-updating. Of course, if you've got changes you're trying to commit you'll want to back those up somewhere so you can re-edit the file(s) in question once you check them back out.
One instance of this problem mentioned that it was also necessary to rename the offending file, commit the change, then rename it back, but so far I haven't needed to do that.
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Fancy meeting you here. I
Fancy meeting you here.
I just had this problem, and, indeed, renaming the file, committing, merging (which is where I got the error), and then renaming the file back did the trick.
svn is beginning to really bug me with all its ghosts.
(Errr… That was left by
(Errr… That was left by Jeremy Rice!)
You’re the second
You’re the second acquaintance to express that sentiment about svn lately. It’s actually been a pretty good while since I ran into any weird ghost/locking problems, but maybe that’s because I’m usually the only person working with a given section of the repository.
I have heard good things about Mercurial (http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/).
Subversion is driving me
Subversion is driving me nuts. I have to handle very large changesets and merge problems with a fairly large team of developers, and when I get stuck with this problem (Working copy path X does not exist in repository) I just want to scream. It’s clearly there! Why can’t you see it? sob
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