Reputation: 19252

Is this TortoiseSVN error also in your installation

I've installed TortoiseSVN in C > Program Files > TortoiseSVN. I wanted to test it with command prompt, so I opened cmd and cd to the bin folder inside the TortoisSVN installation folder.

I tried svn help in the command prompt and it worked fine. Then I tried svn status and it gave me this error.

svn: warning: W155007: 'C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin' is not a working copy

Can someone try those 2 commands and tell me if they get similar results?

Upvotes: 0

Answers (4)

Blender

Reputation: 298532

Your error:

svn: warning: W155007: 'C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin' is not a working copy

Says that the directory C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin is not a working copy of a SVN repository. A working copy contains a hidden .svn/ folder with metadata, which is read by svn. The message is absolutely correct and isn't an error but a warning.

This happens because svn help doesn't require a working copy of a SVN repository to run properly. It just shows you the help text.

svn status, on the other hand, needs a Subversion repository.

Upvotes: 7

David

Reputation: 219057

I'm guessing the path C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin doesn't have the source code you're working on. You need to call svn status from within a local working copy, not from the folder where the svn.exe executable is located. Otherwise it doesn't know what working copy you're talking about.

So if your local code is in something like C:\Data\Code\My Project\ then you'd need to cd to that folder and run the command from there.

Upvotes: 2

JB Nizet

Reputation: 692161

Of course everyone will get the same error. svn status is used to know the status of a wroking copy. If you're not inside a working copy, you'll get this error.

See http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.0/re26.html

Upvotes: 3

dMb

Reputation: 9367

you can only run svn status on checkout code

Upvotes: 1

Is this TortoiseSVN error also in your installation

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