Re: ... is already a working copy for a different url

[Bo Berglund]

On Fri, 2 Feb 2018 16:03:43 +0100, "Martin Bo Andersen"
<m...@logossmartcard.com> wrote:

>I couldn’t find FAQs addressing my problem, even though it’s probably simple, 
>and the archives tried to help people that wanted something more than the 
>basics.
>But I’m not trying to do anything “clever”.
>It’s just a checkout.
>(I’m using Tortoise, but I don’t think Tortoise is the cause of this problem 
>... unless it’s doing something I’m unaware of.)
>
>I have a directory structure with a folder and three subfolders
>Xsvn
>-- X1
>-- X2
>-- X3
>
>I can checkout X1, X2, and X3.
>When I try to checkout files from Xsvn to Xpc, I get “Xpc is already a working 
>copy for a different url”
>
>If this is really true, then
>1) it is not on purpose - I don’t want it to be a working copy for a different 
>url
>2) I don’t know which “different URL”
>3) I don’t know how to solve it.
>
>It’s possible that it WAS a working copy for a different URL, because I didn’t 
>know how SVN wanted things, but I have re-arranged my folders, so there should 
>be no such problem any more.
>How do I know which URL is the problem?
>How can I make SVN forget the wrong URL, so that I can use the folder for the 
>right URL?
>
 
Why not go to a completely new and empty folder and check out your
project there?

But if you must use the existing folder:
If you delete the .svn directory in the target dir you are trying to
check out into then it stops being a working copy altogether...
Notice that .svn is a hidden folder so if you are on Windows you won't
see it unless you modify the Windows Explorer view properties to show
hidden files and folders.

-- 
Bo Berglund
Developer in Sweden