Hi Brane,
thank you for quick response.
Unfortunately I cannot update to newer Subversion.
I have removed it without the --keep-local parameter
Thanks,
Dan
On 2018/11/06 14:41:01, Branko Čibej wrote:
> On 06.11.2018 13:29, xxsa...@seznam.cz wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I am trying to remove symbolic link that is currently under version control
> > but with keeping it in the file system. I try to do it like this:
> > svn delete --keep-local xyz
> >
> > When now trying to commit this change, I get following error:
> > svn: E145001: Commit failed (details follow):
> > svn: E145001: Entry 'xyz' has unexpectedly changed special status
> >
> > svn --version
> > svn, version 1.7.14 (r1542130)
> >
> > Is this a bug or just wrong approach?
>
> It's a bug in a version of Subversion that's far too old. You really
> should upgrade if you can; 1.7.x and 1.8.x are no longer supported.
>
> It works with 1.11:
>
> $ svnadmin create repo
> $ svn co file://$(pwd)/repo wc
> Checked out revision 0.
> $ ln -s foo wc/bar
> $ svn add wc/bar
> A wc/bar
> $ svn ci -mm wc
> Adding wc/bar
> Transmitting file data .done
> Committing transaction...
> Committed revision 1.
> $ svn rm --keep-local wc/bar
> D wc/bar
> $ svn ci -mm wc
> Deleting wc/bar
> Committing transaction...
> Committed revision 2.
> $ svn st wc
> ? wc/bar
> $ ls -l wc
> total 0
> lrwxr-xr-x 1 brane staff 3 6 Nov 15:36 bar -> foo
>
>
>
> -- Brane
>
>
