Unexplained Subversion directory status after checkout

Question

I am working in an SVN repo with a huge branches area. As a result, I did a shallow (--depth empty) checkout on my branches folder.

Example: C:\svn\branches

Has no subfolders in my working copy.

Suppose I have a branch called MyBranch that I want to checkout.

I run:

svn checkout http://svn/ThisProject/branches/MyBranch C:\svn\branches\MyBranch --depth infinity

Coolio. I get all the files. However, svn status looks a little strange:

C:\svn\branches> svn status
?       MyBranch

Let's check info...

C:\svn\branches> svn info .
Path: .
URL: http://svn/ThisProject/branches
Repository Root: http://svn
Repository UUID: 3facc57d-2901-0010-8249-59daf7a806c1
Revision: 1733
Node Kind: directory
Schedule: normal
Depth: empty
Last Changed Author: e467443
Last Changed Rev: 1733
Last Changed Date: 2010-12-14 21:42:31 +0800 (Tue, 14 Dec 2010)

C:\svn\branches> svn info MyBranch
Path: ARPE-TEST2
URL: http://svn/ThisProject/branches/MyBranch
Repository Root: http://svn
Repository UUID: 3facc57d-2901-0010-8249-59daf7a806c1
Revision: 1733
Node Kind: directory
Schedule: normal
Last Changed Author: v094424
Last Changed Rev: 1624
Last Changed Date: 2010-12-13 22:46:21 +0800 (Mon, 13 Dec 2010)

That's weird. Let's try an add:

C:\svn\branches> svn add MyBranch
svn: warning: 'MyBranch' is already under version control

My guess is that branches has Depth: empty so SVN is confused.

Can anyone explain and provide a fix? Maybe I can ignore.

I am using CollabNet command line tools on Windows.

C:\svn\branches> svn --version
svn, version 1.6.12 (r955767)
   compiled Jun 21 2010, 16:00:59

Rup Rup · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-14T14:17:51

To fetch MyBranch as part of the same working copy use

cd \svn\branches
svn update --set-depth infinity MyBranch

Unexplained Subversion directory status after checkout

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