# Problem Using Git with Subversion Repository 2 messages from 2010-01-07 to 2010-01-09. Participants: Bryan Richardson, Eric Wong. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/22126 ## Bryan Richardson, 2010-01-07 22:53 Subject: Problem Using Git with Subversion Repository Message-ID: <3f81a4241001071453g24297atc1caab4a0a4ad176@mail.gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/3f81a4241001071453g24297atc1caab4a0a4ad176%40mail.gmail.com ``` Hello all, Has anyone come across a similar problem as this? Item already exists in filesystem: File already exists: filesystem '/usr/local/svn/repos/my-apps/db', transaction '96-2v', path '/app/trunk/vendor/rails/actionpack/test/fixtures/layout_tests/layouts/symlinked' at /usr/lib/git-core/git-svn line 508 I *think* what happened is in a previous git-svn dcommit I removed the vendor/rails directory (unfroze rails from my app) and now I'm trying to freeze it again, in which case git-svn thinks a file needs to be added (instead of modified) and the Subversion repository says the file already exists. Anyone know a way around it?! -- Thanks! Bryan ``` ## Eric Wong, 2010-01-09 06:31 Subject: Re: Problem Using Git with Subversion Repository Message-ID: <20100109063130.GA2668@dcvr.yhbt.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20100109063130.GA2668%40dcvr.yhbt.net In-Reply-To: <3f81a4241001071453g24297atc1caab4a0a4ad176@mail.gmail.com> ``` Bryan Richardson wrote: > Hello all, > > Has anyone come across a similar problem as this? > > Item already exists in filesystem: File already exists: filesystem > '/usr/local/svn/repos/my-apps/db', transaction '96-2v', path > '/app/trunk/vendor/rails/actionpack/test/fixtures/layout_tests/layouts/symlinked' > at /usr/lib/git-core/git-svn line 508 > > I *think* what happened is in a previous git-svn dcommit I removed the > vendor/rails directory (unfroze rails from my app) and now I'm trying > to freeze it again, in which case git-svn thinks a file needs to be > added (instead of modified) and the Subversion repository says the > file already exists. Hi Bryan, Which version of git svn are you using? Any chance we can take a look at the SVN/git history to know what's going on? Thanks. > Anyone know a way around it?! Can you try manually removing that file with "svn rm" and then doing "git svn rebase" to rebase your working HEAD before trying to dcommit? -- Eric Wong ```