>Perhaps if you explain why you want to check for the existence of this file in the working copy we can help you find a different way of >going about it. OK. Let me try to explain this. The code that we are trying to commit is generated by an IDE - a software development tool. The particular file (project.xml) is usually an optional file that is up to the developers/user to generate. However we would like to enforce a policy where all the developers before they commit their changes make sure that the project.xml is also generated and then only a successful commit occurs.
Does this help?
