[webkit-dev] Invalid file committed on the Webkit tree for windows

[Konstantin Tokarev]

20.09.2013, 13:16, "Van Den Berghe, Vincent" <Vincent.VanDenBerghe at bvdinfo.com>:
> Hello,
>
> When doing an SVN update to get the latest WebKit tree on Windows, I get the following error:
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> Failed to run the WC DB work queue associated with
>
> 'C:\cygwin\home\vvdb\WebKit\LayoutTests\fast\hidpi\resources', work item
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> 193377 (file-install LayoutTests/fast/hidpi/resources/image?test.png 1 0 1 1)
>
> Can't move 'C:\cygwin\home\vvdb\WebKit\.svn\tmp\svn-9BDA1924' to
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> 'C:\cygwin\home\vvdb\WebKit\LayoutTests\fast\hidpi\resources\image?test.png':
>
> The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
>
> The reason is that “image?test.png' is not a valid filename on Windows. What’s worse, after this error the “svn cleanup” doesn’t work anymore because SVN tries to undo something that can’t be done by definition.
>
> The only way to restore the local tree to a valid state is either (1) restore it from a backup, or (2) find the entry in .svn/wc.db (which is an sqlite database) and remove it manually.
>
> There should be a way for these kinds of problems to be prevented or corrected as soon as possible (being able to “svn update” is kind of a fundamental thing). I can’t even patch because my tree is invalid L.

You can use git mirror instead of svn to be resistant to such issues when they happen.

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Regards,
Konstantin