Thanks Marc for the great questions... I did not do a great job explaining the problem. I have been using TortoiseSVN client for the past 4 years on Windows XP. Before this problem started I got a new Windows 7 x64 computer. However, this problem is also now happening on my old computer, so it seems to me that is it not the OS. I also updated the TortoiseSVN to the latest version.
All the support files are part of the repository, in the directory above the dist folder. I copy those files into the dist after I do a clean build in Netbeans. I know I have to do this every time because the clean build deletes the dist folder and recreates it. This has been working great for several years. Recently thought, when I run the jar file in the dist folder the support files in the dist folder get deleted. If I then do a delete and revert of the files in the above folder and re-copy them into the dist folder I can run the jar file and they are not deleted! This "patch" seems to work for a few days and then I have to delete and revert again. This is why I think it is Tortoise that is somehow the cause! I hope that is more clear and any help would be GREATLY appreciated. I also recently created a new folder and checked out the entire repository again - I am checking to see if that eliminates the problem. -----Original Message----- From: Cooke, Mark [mailto:mark.co...@siemens.com] Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 2:18 AM To: users@subversion.apache.org Cc: Elena Feroe Subject: RE: Deleting Files > -----Original Message----- > From: Elena Feroe [mailto:efe...@imageworkscorporation.com] > Sent: 30 August 2012 21:32 > To: users@subversion.apache.org > Subject: Deleting Files > > Hello, Hello. > I am currently having a problem with my local Subversion files. > > When I build my program in Netbeans, the files are put into a "dist" > folder. I have set this folder to be ignored since the files are > constantly changing. > > After the code is compiled, all the other files the program needs are > copied into this dist folder manually. > > At this point I can run and debug the program. Without the support > files I CANNOT run or debug the program. > > My problem is that every few days, after I run the program, all the > support files in the dist folder are deleted. > > My program is not deleting any files. What makes you suspect subversion? You do not tell us which client you are using or on what platform? > If I delete and do a revert on these files, they are not deleted when > the program is run and closed. `revert` should have no effect on `ignored` files. > I have no idea how this is happening, or what is causing it to happen > every few days, but I need help! > > I cannot keep developing with this issue. > > Thanks for any help you can offer!!! I have to suggest that netbeans probably considers the `dist` folder as its own preserve and is the likely candidate for `cleaning` those files whenever you do a clean (re)build. It is very unlikely that any subversion client would be deleting `ignored` files (and if they are that should be considered a bug). Can you modify your app to search for your support files in a way that you can configure to be somewhere else? Regards, ~ Mark C
