On Mar 15, 2010, at 10:52 AM, Martin wrote: > First apologies, for I have done this the wrong way round and reported it > already (http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3604). > ---- > > > On Windows(Vista) it is possible to mount a partition (partition on the local > / build-in drive) as a folder, instead of assigning it a drive letter. > > In my setup I partitioned the build-in harddisk, making 2 partitions: > partition 1 has the drive-letter C: > partition 2 is mounted as C:\data (C:\data has to be created as empty folder > first, then the partition can be mounted) > > If I try to checkout (new checkout) of a repository into C:\data I get: > - A warning which is correct: > the folder is not empty (because there are some system folders, such as > volume-info and recycle bin). > I confirm that I still want to continue and this does work > - An error (which I believe to be a bug) > C:\data' already exists and is not a directory > > > Similar if I copy (including hidden .svn folders) an existing checked out > repository into C:\data some svn function (such as update or log) do no > longer work (they still work on individual sub directories). > > If you try "show log" on a repository copied into such a folder, tortoise > claims "'C:' is not a working copy" => despite executing the command on > "C:\data" (again subfolders in c:\data (that are part of the checkout) do work
Have you tried: 1) Reporting this to the TortoiseSVN list? It is a separate project, with it's own mailing lists. 2) Reproducing the bug using the Subversion command line client? A reproduction script using the command line client would help a dev address the issue much quicker. -Hyrum
