[Monotone-devel] Re: cannot drop non-empty directory during branch update

[J Decker]

I really really don't want to delete these files, I will very soon be
back to work in this space...

On 9/18/07, J Decker <address@hidden> wrote:
> mtn.EXE: switching to branch com.fortunet.altanik
> mtn.EXE: warning: cannot drop non-empty directory
> 'src/fut/flashdrive/flashdrivetester'
> mtn.EXE: misuse: 1 workspace conflicts
>
>
> this is caused by creating a project with sources and building it,
> which created objects and sub-directories in the path; then update to
> a revision previous to the addition of that directory....
>
> If a thing is not empty, it issues a warning, but then fails to
> actually update.
>
>
> (screams and runs around waving hands wildly) This is about the 6th
> time this week I've run into this as I've been bouncing between the
> versions...
>
> Jim
>
> Let me guess, monotone was never intended to work like this, so it's a
> non issue.
>