Question

At some point all files in my working copy got marked with “S” symbol as shown below:

$ svn st
M    S   AclController.php
     S   InstallationController.php
     S   CustomerController.php
     S   RedirController.php
     S   IndexController.php
     S   LoginController.php
     S   OrderController.php
     S   ProductController.php
     S   SelfInstallController.php
     S   SelfcareController.php

Interestingly it occurs only int this particular working copy – when I checkout the project to new directory, it does not show the “S” marks.

How to get rid of this annoying “S” symbols? It significantly decreases clarity of WC status.

Update: I do switch from time to time using standard svn switch syntax. It was never causing this “S” symbol to appear until recently. The command used to switch was:

svn switch svn+ssh://xxxxxx/subversion/xxxxxxx/releases/1.0.16 .

Is there any way I can clear the “S” flag?

Answer 1

It means that the files are from a different location in your subversion repository than the directory containing them. The solution is to switch the entire working copy to the same location. See the two sections in the subversion book for details on how to invoke the command.