Hank Beaver

This error is extremely frustrating. It occurs when the .svn info is missing in a directory. In my example this happens when running ‘rake doc:app’  and I have found only one sequence that will fix this. In my case, I am removing doc from subversion and going to manage outside of source control.

To fix:

1. cd /doc/app
2. mv ‘app’ ‘app-todelete’
3. do a new checkout from svn just on the directory you renamed. Like so:
   svn co svn+ssh://usery@mysecre.server.com/var/www/apps/repos/trunk/doc/app
4. The newest version in source should be in the proper location.
5. You will unfortunately have to merge any changes from the old directory, as in my case ‘app-todelete’

Enjoy!