On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 12:50:02PM +0200, Florin Avram wrote: > Hi, > > I found a situation when using "svn revert" seems to corrupt the working > copy. In a working copy like this: > - wc_root_dir > -- directory > --- file > > erase the directory from disk (not using SVN) and create a file with the > same name instead. > > "svn status" will report: > ~ directory > ! directory/file > > Now, see the following sequence: > > svn revert directory/file > svn: E155009: Failed to run the WC DB work queue associated with > '/wc_root_dir/directory/file', work item 2 (file-install directory/file. 1 0 > 1 1) > svn: E720087: Can't move '/wc_root_dir/.svn/tmp/svn-3884C5DC' to > '/wc_root_dir/directory/file': The parameter is incorrect.
Subversion is (correctly) trying to put a directory where you put a file. Until the obstructing file is removed you'll get this error. This is by design. > > svn status > svn: E155037: Previous operation has not finished; run 'cleanup' if it was > interrupted > > svn cleanup > Gives same message as "svn revert". > > svn --version > svn, version 1.8.5 (r1542147) > compiled Nov 27 2013, 04:10:18 on x86_64/x86-microsoft-windows5.1.2600 > > Regards, > Florin Avram
