So I have a whole pre-existing directory, let’s call it c:/src/foo, with a bunch of files in it, some I want to put under SVN version control, some I do not.
I created an empty spot in my SVN repository for this to go, let’s call it http://myserver/svn/tools/foo/trunk.
How can I checkout the SVN repository into c:/src/foo so I can add the files I want?
c:\src\foo> svn co http://myserver/svn/tools/foo/trunk .
svn: '.' already exists and is not a directory
c:\src\foo> svn co --force http://myserver/svn/tools/foo/trunk .
svn: '.' already exists and is not a directory
c:\src\foo> cd ..
c:\src> svn co --force http://myserver/svn/tools/foo/trunk foo
svn: 'foo' already exists and is not a directory
WTF? sure, “foo” already exists, but it is a directory…. I am very confused here. I tried with TortoiseSVN and had the same problem
ARGH — I just realized my mistake, the directory was a junction point (hardlink in Windows)