How would you avoid "Xcode, Subversion Error: 155007 (Path is not a working copy directory)"?

Question

I am not able to see the commit option after I make changes to my working copy, but I ensured that my settings for svn were correct.

What exactly is the problem with this error message?

Xcode is showing:

Your path is not a working copy

What should I do to resolve this?

Answer 1

The blog post "Xcode, Subversion Error: 155007 (Path is not a working copy directory)" and its comment are pretty much the reference on this kind of error.

Simple Workaround:

1. Delete your local copy (cd myxcodeproject; rm -rf .)
2. Delete the “build” folder from the server
3. svn co https://svnserver/path/trunk/project .

Now you should see .svn folders in every directory of your local project (you don’t see them if you use the “Export” function of the SCM panel from Xcode).
At this point, you should be able to edit and commit your changes directly from Xcode.

Now you need to initialize correctly the project.
The following sections illustrate that part:

How to do it right (general principle)

To place the project under Xcode, you need to first import it.
The SCM->commit entire project… gives error 155007 if you don’t first do this:

Under the SCM menu in Xcode select Repositories, then click the IMPORT icon at the top of that dialog that appears.
Select the project from the list and then click the import button.

Of course you need to first configure at least one repository before doing the steps above.

Right Initialization steps (detailed process)

1. Create the project in XCODE.
2. Setup subversion in XCODE and select the subversion repository for this project.
3. Use Xcode SCM > Repository and click on the IMPORT icon. This will move the local copy to the subversion repository.
4. Now delete your local copy (or move it to another location just in case).
5. Finally CHECKOUT the project from subversion (this will create the subversion .svn folders, …).
6. Reselect the subversion repository for this project.
7. Commit the entire project.