Error: The system cannot find the file specified

13
votes

I'm just working as normal. Suddenly my commit gets this error:

Commit failed (details follow):
Can't open file
'C:\\...\\map\\.svn\text-base\\addressMatcher.php.svn-base':
The system cannot find the file specified.

I have done nothing fishy with my subversion folders, and cleanup doesn't help.

How do I fix this / What do I do?

Edit: I just snooped in the SVN folder and noticed that the aforementioned file is called "addressmatcher.php3.svn-base" for some reason.
I smell failed renaming operations by Eclipse.
Renaming the file to the correct filename gives a checksum error, so I undid the operation.
Any advice on how I might fix this without having to perform a clean checkout and patching everything over?

3
svntortoisesvn
The "map.svn" bit looks fishy; shouldn't that be "map\.svn"? I don't know why it would be happening, but it's a clue to look into anyway. - El Yobo
It's just stackoverflow assuming the backslashes are escapes. I fixed it (And updated my question) - Hubro

3 Answers

10
votes

Hi i meet similar problem today.

cannot find the file \.svn\pristine\24\24fd530d4bd82341fb514ab912c9e10adbc4ad89.svn-base

And i use the simple way to fix this problem.

i look up this file did not exist under that folder.so i just copy a svn-base from other file and rename this with 24fd530d4bd82341fb514ab912c9e10adbc4ad89.svn-base.And then do the clean up operation. After that i meet another file missing.using the same way and at last i fix this problem. Hope it can help you

in other words the solution is copy a svn-base file and rename with the missing files name.

5
votes

As you saw, this is a case issue (detailed in SO question "Can't open .svn/text-base/file.svn-base ?")

One comment suggests:

It happened to me in a subfolder within a much more massive folder.
Instead of wiping out my entire project, I was able to "fix" it by deleting the subfolder from the commandline, and then doing a svn update, which restored the missing subfolder.

1
votes

Disconnect the project [Team->Disconnect], and choose to delete svn metadata.

Then reconnect [Team->Share project] the project, choosing the right folder in the repository. Eclipse will checkout (download) the HEAD revision and everything will be repaired.

WARNING, this may (& probably will) delete anything you did between now and the last commit. I suggest hard copying your changed sources if in doubt.