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SVN commit fails: File already exists

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I've got a file (mapViewController.m) which is in svn but I cannot commit changes to it. I tried to copy the file elsewhere and then update. The file does not come with the update so I copy it back. Then I can't commit changes to it.

This is hard to explain what is wrong... because I don't know.

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bluefloyd8 Avatar asked Dec 03 '09 18:12

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1 Answers

This problem is frequent when I do merge from branche X -> Y, What work usually for me (from Eclipse):

-make a copy of the file/folder (A)
-delete the file/folder from the working repo
-update
-copy file/folder from (step A)
-Commit.

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timmz Avatar answered Oct 02 '22 16:10

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