svn

SVN: Folder already under version control but not comitting?

mark@mark-ubuntu:~/myproject$ svn stat
?       runserver.sh
?       media/images/icons
?       apps/autocomplete
mark@mark-ubuntu:~/myproject$ svn add apps/autocomplete
svn: warning: 'apps/autocomplete' is already under version control

svn stat says its not under version control, so I try to add it, and then it tells me it is. When I do an svn ci, it doesn't get comitted, and doesn't show up when I try to browse to repository online.

How do I get it to commit?

Solution

  • Copy problematic folder into some backup directory and remove it from your SVN working directory. Remember to delete all .svn hidden directories from the copied folder.

    Now update your project, clean-up and commit what has left. Now move your folder back to working directory, add it and commit. Most of the time this workaround works, it seems that basically SVN got confused...

    Update: quoting comment by @Mark:

    Didn't need to move the folder around, just deleting the .svn folder and then svn-adding it worked.