How to fix Subversion «!» status
The Subversion manual states:
'!'
Item is missing (e.g. you moved or deleted it without using svn). This also indicates that a directory is incomplete (a checkout or update was interrupted).
But as so often with Subversion, there is no indication on how to fix the problem.
Normally, I would use my trusted Fix_Subversion.command but this time it is trunk and it will take forever.
So is there any faster option?
svn revert /path/to/file
svn rm /path/to/file # if you want to delete it from svn itself
Golden rule is: once something is under svn-control, any moving, deleting, renaming, should be done with svn commands (svn mv, svn rm, etc.), not using normal filesystem/file-explorer functions.
What happens after you run:
svn cleanup .
svn update
svn status
I tried to revert & cleanup but it did not fix my issue. The solution I found is a bit harsh but worked:
- rename the old_folder to new_folder.
- from the parent issue a svn up old_folder
- copy back the files from the new_folder [avoiding coping the .svn folder from the new_folder].
the I deleted the new_folder and in this way I managed to have a cleaned old_folder.
What exactly did you do to the branch before you received this error?
If you're having regular problems with SVN, you're probably doing something wrong (e.g. using mv/rm as opposed to svn mv/svn rm on the branch).