Hi Dan, I just tried this on OS X (using svn 1.8.0) and I'm able to create a directory in the repository with a backslash in its name and delete it again. My guess would be that this works on other UNIXes as well. So if you have access to a non-Windows machine, delete or rename the directory from that machine. (Don't forget that you have to escape the backslash with a second backslash for the shell.)
Tobias On 07.05.2014, at 01:25, Dan Ellis wrote: > Hi, > > I pulled a silly mistake just now... I accidentally let my windows backslash > enter into an http URL during an SVN copy operation. > > copy --parents "C:\Project_files\sandbox\bar.c" > "http://svr/sandbox/A\B/bar1.c"; -m "bad commit" > > It successfully committed. > > svn update now returns the following: > > svn: E155000: 'A\B' is not a valid filename in directory > 'C:\Project_files\sandbox\' > > First, I assume there should be a check to prevent this invalid character > for URLs. Second, how do I undo my error? > > I'm on SVN 1.8.5 and the backslash should give me away as a windows user > (Win7 - 64bit). > > Thanks for the help, > Dan > >
