Question

Everytime I svn update I get the following error

Failed to add file path/to/file: object of the same name is already scheduled for addition

I tried to rename the file, delete it…but the error is still there.

I’ve read this article and say something about reverting…but I still can’t understand how to do it…
http://thrustlabs.com/blog/2007/04/04/dealing-with-svn-object-of-the-same-name-is-already-scheduled-for-addition-errors-on-windows/

Thanks.

Answer 1

What client are you using? For the “plain” svn client, see if any of these solve your problems:

cd /path/to/directory/with/suspected/duplicate
svn revert .
svn cleanup
svn update

If you use TortoiseSVN, rightclick on the folder with issues, then: TortoiseSVN->Revert,
TortoiseSVN->Clean up and SVN Update.