svn: removing an external in the working copy?

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I moved one of my (single-file) externals to another directory, but its presence persists in my working copy. If I delete the file and then svn update, it gets restored.

How can I get rid of the external? It's no longer present in svn:externals in the directory in question.

You didn't by any chance forget to commit the directory after modifying the svn:externals property? — Nicola Musatti
– Nicola Musatti, Commented Aug 19, 2011 at 16:22

Eugene Yarmash · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-10 08:20:55Z

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This is a known problem, see:

http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3351 - can't remove file externals.

It was fixed in 1.7, but in 1.6 one has to checkout a fresh working copy to get rid of the file.

edited Jun 10, 2012 at 8:20

answered Jun 10, 2012 at 0:49

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Volodymyr B. Over a year ago

or create empty file and delete with next command: svn propset svn:externals -F svn.externals .

Jason S · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-19 16:19:42Z

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Found a fix: I deleted the parent directory of the file in question, and then did an update. SVN did not recreate the phantom file.

answered Aug 19, 2011 at 16:19

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