[SVN-3351] can't remove file externals

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: trunk
• Fix Version/s: 1.7.0
• Component/s: libsvn_wc
• Labels: file-ext
• Assignee: Bert Huijben
• Reporter: Daniel Shahaf
• Created: 25/Dec/08 12:37
• Updated: 27/Oct/18 16:29
• Resolved: 21/Jan/13 16:08

Description

[ Originally posted on
<http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.subversion.devel/106098>
(Subject: Re: Problems with file externals, Date: 2008-10-30 14:00:42 GMT,
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>) ]

Summary: There doesn't seem to be support to removing a file external that
hasn't been committed yet.

Transcript (copied from the email there):

> > My shell session went like this...
> > 
> > > % rd/s/q commit-access-templates
> > > 
> 
> (that's in my svn trunk wc, yes?)
> 
> > > % svn up -q
> > > 
> > > % cd commit-access-templates
> > > 
> > > % svn ps svn:externals "^/trunk/README myreadme" .
> > > property 'svn:externals' set on '.'
> > > 
> > > % svn up
> > > 
> > > Fetching external item into 'myreadme'
> > > E    myreadme
> [snip conflict 'C    .' line, since HEAD doesn't print it ]
> > > Updated external to revision 33544.
> > > 
> > 
> > Huh?  'svn help up' says that 'E' means 'Existed'.  And it certainly
> > didn't exist.  I suggest to use 'X' for new externals.
> > 
> [ snipped question about the conflict line which isn't printed now ]
> > > Updated to revision 33544.
> > > 
> > > % svn st
> > >  M      .
> > >     X   myreadme
> > > 
> > 
> > Okay, it's here.  Now let's remove it, the same way it was pulled in:
> > 
> > > % svn pd svn:externals .
> > > property 'svn:externals' deleted from '.'.
> > > 
> > > % svn up
> > > At revision 33544.
> > > 
> > 
> > It should be gone now.  But it isn't:
> > 
> > > % svn st
> > >     X   myreadme
> > > 
> > > % ls myreadme
> > > myreadme
> > > 
> > 
> > Let's try to remove it anyway:
> > 
> 
> I also tried 'svn rm', see below.
> 
> > > % del myreadme
> > > 
> 
>     % svn rm myreadme
>     ..\..\..\subversion\libsvn_wc\adm_ops.c:1151: (apr_err=155030)
>     svn: Cannot remove the file external at 'myreadme'; please propedit or
propdel the svn:externals
> description that created it
> 
> > > % svn st
> > > !   X   myreadme
> > > 
> > > % svn revert -R . myreadme
> > > Reverted 'myreadme'
> > > 
> > > % svn st
> > >     X   myreadme
> > > 
> > 
> 
> And my question remains:
> 
> > How do I get rid of it?
> > 
> > > %
> 

Found in trunk (HEAD as of the email's date).

http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.subversion.devel/105265

Issue Links

• blocks: SVN-3662 Inconsistent status report of svn:externals on directory levels > 1
• depends upon: SVN-3818 fix handling of externals in wc-ng
• is blocked by: SVN-3818 fix handling of externals in wc-ng
• is depended upon by: SVN-3662 Inconsistent status report of svn:externals on directory levels > 1