Repository relocated to wrong path

[Andriy Yanov <An...@ericpol.pl>]

Hello everyone,

Here is what happened:
1. Due to some server problems, we were forced to move SVN to another 
server.
2. By mistake, in *relocate* instead of typing new URL as 
http://new_server/my_project (on local workstation)
    I typed                                                      
http://new_server/my_project/trunk
So, logically, I couldn't update SVN.

What I tried:
1. Use *relocate* command again - didn't help, since I tried to change 
relative path, not server. (Error: Working copy path 'trunk' does not 
exist in repository )
2. Switch also didn't help for some reason.

The question is: what should be done to correct mistake?

I've copied previously local project copy, but relocating old part made 
the copy relocated also.
Also, downloading full repository again is the last what is to be tried, 
since it's quite large.

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Re: Repository relocated to wrong path

[Andriy Yanov <An...@ericpol.pl>]

Madan U S wrote:

>On Thursday 30 Mar 2006 12:40 pm, Andriy Yanov wrote:
>  
>
>>Hello everyone,
>>
>>Here is what happened:
>>    
>>
>[snip]
>  
>
>>The question is: what should be done to correct mistake?
>>    
>>
>
>1. I hope you have a backup. :)
>2. To *fix* your working copy, here  are the details you need...
>
>    - Every folder (1) in the working copy has a .svn  folder
>    - Every .svn folder has an 'entries' file
>    - Every 'entries' file has one entry per version-controlled file present 
>in folder(1)
>    - It also has params like 'repos:' and 'url:'
>    - These 'repos' and 'url' params are used to determine where the repos is 
>(you can check this with the 'svn info' command)
>
>
>     So, if you can write a script, to tweak these parameters in 
>the .svn/entries file for every folder in the wc, to represent the correct 
>repos location, you are good to go.
>
>     In fact, this is what 'svn switch --relocate' does internally (in 
>addition to checking stuff like uid, to make sure both refer to the same 
>repos - In your case, its pretty obvious that they are... so you shouldnt 
>have to worry about that)
>
>HTH.
>
>Regards,
>Madan.
>
>  
>
Thanks, this really helped. Though, my working copy failed to update 
correctly, backup copy with modified entries file was updated successfully.

Regards,
Andriy

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RE: Repository relocated to wrong path

[Madan U S <ma...@collab.net>]

On Thursday 30 Mar 2006 12:40 pm, Andriy Yanov wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> Here is what happened:
[snip]
>
> The question is: what should be done to correct mistake?

1. I hope you have a backup. :)
2. To *fix* your working copy, here  are the details you need...

    - Every folder (1) in the working copy has a .svn  folder
    - Every .svn folder has an 'entries' file
    - Every 'entries' file has one entry per version-controlled file present 
in folder(1)
    - It also has params like 'repos:' and 'url:'
    - These 'repos' and 'url' params are used to determine where the repos is 
(you can check this with the 'svn info' command)


     So, if you can write a script, to tweak these parameters in 
the .svn/entries file for every folder in the wc, to represent the correct 
repos location, you are good to go.

     In fact, this is what 'svn switch --relocate' does internally (in 
addition to checking stuff like uid, to make sure both refer to the same 
repos - In your case, its pretty obvious that they are... so you shouldnt 
have to worry about that)

HTH.

Regards,
Madan.