On Jul 22, 2010, at 06:31, Tennebø Frode wrote: > When I try to check in several directories I get the following error: > > f...@tr:/foo>svn ci lib*/* > Checking: svn: '/foo/libcau' is not a working copy > f...@tr:/foo>svn ci librlib/* libhci/* libcru/* libcau/* > Checking: svn: '/foo/libcau' is not a working copy > > The error-message in itself is correct; 'libcau' is not under version > control, nor are any of the other top-level directories. However, inside > these directories I have sub-directories which contain the actual code: > > f...@tr:/foo>ls -l libcau/ > total 184 > drwxrws--- 3 ft ftgr 4096 2010-05-07 09:10 adt > drwxrws--- 3 ft ftgr 4096 2010-05-19 09:33 bal > drwxrws--- 3 ft ftgr 4096 2010-05-19 09:33 bis_eval > drwxrws--- 3 ft ftgr 4096 2010-05-07 09:09 bis_utl > drwxrws--- 3 ft ftgr 4096 2010-05-19 09:33 clt_ctrl > drwxrws--- 3 ft ftgr 4096 2010-05-19 09:33 dbc_err > : > > So, normal shell (this is linux) expansion should not include 'libcau' (on > it's own) in the list of directories to be committed.
AFAIK if you're going to commit several things at once, they need to all reside in a common parent directory that is a working copy of the same repository.