howto replace a file with a symbolic link (without obstruct error)

[anton <an...@gmx.de>]

Hi,

I searched google, I search the subversion doc 
(here I searched "obstruct" and found only a python sample).

So my question (subversion.apache.org is just down, so I couldnt
look at the faq):

I have 2 files which are version controled:

 a.txt
 b.txt

The result I want to get is:

 a.txt -> b.txt
 b.txt

One possibility is:

 svn rm a.txt
 svn ci -m " removed a"
 ln -s b.txt a.txt
 svn add a.txt
 svn ci -m "added a as symlink"

I also tried:
 
 svn rm a.txt
 ln -s b.txt a.txt
 svn ci -m "replaced with as symlink"

But this does not work, I get an error "obstructed ..."
svn stat tells me the file has a status "~"

Stragely I got with rapidsvn a file status "R", but at the commandline 
I didnt figure out how to get this.

Question:

 what is the "should-be" way of doing such a replacement????

... it would be nice to put this in the official doc,
so a lot of developers could save time posting in a lot of forums ....

Im a little bit frustrated,sorry.

But anyway, wish you a happy new year :-)

 Anton

Re: howto replace a file with a symbolic link (without obstruct error)

[Nick <no...@codesniffer.com>]

On Thu, 2010-12-30 at 23:03 +0200, Daniel Shahaf wrote:
> > > I also tried:
> > >  
> > >  svn rm a.txt
> > >  ln -s b.txt a.txt
> 
> At this point you need to:
> 
>      svn add a.txt

Thanks, I'll try it the next time I encounter this situation.

Re: howto replace a file with a symbolic link (without obstruct error)

[Daniel Shahaf <d....@daniel.shahaf.name>]

Nick wrote on Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 15:54:54 -0500:
> On Thu, 2010-12-30 at 15:48 +0100, anton wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I searched google, I search the subversion doc 
> > (here I searched "obstruct" and found only a python sample).
> > 
> > So my question (subversion.apache.org is just down, so I couldnt
> > look at the faq):
> > 
> > I have 2 files which are version controled:
> > 
> >  a.txt
> >  b.txt
> > 
> > The result I want to get is:
> > 
> >  a.txt -> b.txt
> >  b.txt
> > 
> > One possibility is:
> > 
> >  svn rm a.txt
> >  svn ci -m " removed a"
> >  ln -s b.txt a.txt
> >  svn add a.txt
> >  svn ci -m "added a as symlink"
> > 
> > I also tried:
> >  
> >  svn rm a.txt
> >  ln -s b.txt a.txt

At this point you need to:

     svn add a.txt

> >  svn ci -m "replaced with as symlink"
> > 

You could have tried 'svn ci a.txt' here. (with an explicit target)

> > But this does not work, I get an error "obstructed ..."
> > svn stat tells me the file has a status "~"
> > 
> > Stragely I got with rapidsvn a file status "R", but at the commandline 
> > I didnt figure out how to get this.
> > 
> > Question:
> > 
> >  what is the "should-be" way of doing such a replacement????
> > 
> > ... it would be nice to put this in the official doc,
> > so a lot of developers could save time posting in a lot of forums ....
> > 
> > Im a little bit frustrated,sorry.
> > 
> > But anyway, wish you a happy new year :-)
> > 
> >  Anton
> 
> I've been bumping into this same situation recently and would also like
> to hear how best to handle it.
> 
> Nick
> 
> 

Re: howto replace a file with a symbolic link (without obstruct error)

[Nick <no...@codesniffer.com>]

On Thu, 2010-12-30 at 15:48 +0100, anton wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I searched google, I search the subversion doc 
> (here I searched "obstruct" and found only a python sample).
> 
> So my question (subversion.apache.org is just down, so I couldnt
> look at the faq):
> 
> I have 2 files which are version controled:
> 
>  a.txt
>  b.txt
> 
> The result I want to get is:
> 
>  a.txt -> b.txt
>  b.txt
> 
> One possibility is:
> 
>  svn rm a.txt
>  svn ci -m " removed a"
>  ln -s b.txt a.txt
>  svn add a.txt
>  svn ci -m "added a as symlink"
> 
> I also tried:
>  
>  svn rm a.txt
>  ln -s b.txt a.txt
>  svn ci -m "replaced with as symlink"
> 
> But this does not work, I get an error "obstructed ..."
> svn stat tells me the file has a status "~"
> 
> Stragely I got with rapidsvn a file status "R", but at the commandline 
> I didnt figure out how to get this.
> 
> Question:
> 
>  what is the "should-be" way of doing such a replacement????
> 
> ... it would be nice to put this in the official doc,
> so a lot of developers could save time posting in a lot of forums ....
> 
> Im a little bit frustrated,sorry.
> 
> But anyway, wish you a happy new year :-)
> 
>  Anton

I've been bumping into this same situation recently and would also like
to hear how best to handle it.

Nick