commit fails with "has no ancestry information" error

[tlm <tl...@gmail.com>]

If I try to perform the following command:


% svn commit -m ''


I get the following error:


svn: '/d0/home/tlm/path_to_some_dir/Project' has no ancestry information


FWIW, the directory where I'm carrying out this command is


/d0/home/tlm/path_to_some_dir/Project/dist


which was generated by executing the command


% svn checkout file:///d0/home/tlm/path_to_my_repo/Project/trunk dist


while in the directory /d0/home/tlm/path_to_some_dir/Project.


What does the error mean, and how can I fix whatever it's causing it?

Thanks!

tlm

Re: commit fails with "has no ancestry information" error

[Garrett Rooney <ro...@electricjellyfish.net>]

On 8/1/06, tlm <tl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> If I try to perform the following command:
>
>
> % svn commit -m ''
>
> I get the following error:
>
>
> svn: '/d0/home/tlm/path_to_some_dir/Project' has no
> ancestry information
>
> FWIW, the directory where I'm carrying out this command is
>
>
> /d0/home/tlm/path_to_some_dir/Project/dist
>
> which was generated by executing the command
>
>
> % svn checkout
> file:///d0/home/tlm/path_to_my_repo/Project/trunk dist
>
> while in the directory
> /d0/home/tlm/path_to_some_dir/Project.
>
>
> What does the error mean, and how can I fix whatever it's causing it?

It's difficult to say exactly.  That error only occurs in one place,
in the working copy code where it's trying to find the root of the
working copy.  It means that the entry for the Project directory was
supposed to have a URL associated with it, but there wasn't one.  Can
you possibly show us the output of 'svn status' and 'svn info' on the
top level Project directory?

The Project/.svn/entries file would also be interesting to see...

-garrett

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