Missing file warnings showing up after upgrade to Xcode 4

Question

These solutions are way too difficult. The problem is that you have removed the project from filesystem but SVN still thinks they are there. Detaching project from SVN will work, the same for removing .svn folders BUT that is going to destroy your repository!

It is much easier to open console, browse to your folder ("cd /pathToYourFolder") and type the following command:

svn delete nameOfMissingFile

If the name of your missing file includes the @ character (eg: retina-specific artwork), ensure the file name terminates with the @ symbol:

svn delete [email protected]@

For GIT repositories:

git rm nameOfMissingFile

In XCode 4.2.+ (possibly in 4+) you can avoid manual work and command line :

1. Select project Project Navigator (Command - 1)
2. Choose File - Source Control - Commit menu
3. In the left pane, on top of it you have three icons, select the middle one - File view
4. You will see the list of all missing files
5. Select all of them and right-click - Discard changes. This will restore all deleted files from the SVN server and place them in your local SVN folder
6. Drag and drop those files into the XCode project (Choose Sort-Date Modified in Finder to easily find them)
7. Delete those files properly through XCode (select files and choose right-click Delete)
8. Commit the project

And that's it :)

All those nasty warnings are gone!

Additionally for Xcode 6+: After selecting the file view 'middle icon' - you can click the checkbox to the left and this will mark them as deleted for SVN when you next commit!

In Xcode5 & Xcode6, below steps worked for me

Xcode -> Preferences -> Source Control -> uncheck Enable Source Control

then

Xcode -> Preferences -> Source Control -> check Enable Source Control

It has something to do with .svn hidden folders in your project.

I solved this issue by detaching the project from svn.

a. Open terminal and type the following commands:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE


killall Finder

This will allow you to view the .svn folders inside your project

b. Delete every .svn folder in your project folders/subfolders

c. Re-enable hidden files:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE


killall Finder

d. Now your project is detached from svn and you no longer get build issues.

e. Re-add your project to svn or whatever.

I'm a beginner myself and this was my way of dealing with that issue, so I'm not sure this is the best way to go. Anyway, the problem was solved.

This worked for me:

File -> Source Control -> Hide Working Copy Status

then

File -> Source Control -> Show Working Copy Status

I solved it the following way:

1. Check the path to the missing file.
2. Create missing files at appropriate locations within your project directory
3. Add them to your project using "Add Files to "project"" and create references only (do not copy the files)
4. The warnings should disappear at this point.
5. From within Xcode delete the files making sure you click "Delete" instead of the default "Delete Reference Only"
6. You're done.

I had that bug and found no way to solve it other than creating an empty file on that position and then deleting it. It happened with files I had deleted from the project, and cleaning, building, deleting manually the Derived Data directory didn't work either. I believe it is a bug, and that it can be quite painful if it happens with more than a few files.