On 16.09.2014 13:21, hankin wrote: > The status was ~ > > Something was definitely broken. > > When I remove the file and run "svn update", it is a normal file but > with only one line. But the file has many lines and is a normal file. > The status is still ~ after removing and updating. > > But if I change the file to a symlink, the status is M > > Anyways, I changed it to a link, removed the file, copied back the > data, and added it again. It's ok now.
The most likely explanation is that something (perhaps an editor?) replaced the symlink with a file that contained the symlink target's contents. Subversion wouldn't do that itself. -- Brane
