Status "S" in Subversion

Micha_Saby_2169 0
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At some point all files in my working copy got marked with "S" symbol as shown below:

$ svn st
M    S   AclController.php
     S   InstallationController.php
     S   CustomerController.php
     S   RedirController.php
     S   IndexController.php
     S   LoginController.php
     S   OrderController.php
     S   ProductController.php
     S   SelfInstallController.php
     S   SelfcareController.php

Interestingly it occurs only int this particular working copy - when I checkout the project to new directory, it does not show the "S" marks.

How to get rid of this annoying "S" symbols? It significantly decreases clarity of WC status.

Update: I do switch from time to time using standard svn switch syntax. It was never causing this "S" symbol to appear until recently. The command used to switch was:

svn switch svn+ssh://xxxxxx/subversion/xxxxxxx/releases/1.0.16 .

Is there any way I can clear the "S" flag?

status switch-statement svn
14 Answers

I had this problem with a directory I successfully committed to SVN. The solution for me was to erase it locally then update. I couldn't see any differences, but the .svn file was fixed for whatever reason (no more S).

user_1175880

Just a remark: I got the same S symbol when I checked out a deleted directory from the same location in the repository but using a different URL, i.e., using distinct protocols to checkout like 'svn checkout svn+ssh://user@scm.gforge...' against 'svn checkout --username user https://scm.gforge....'. I solved it by checking it out again by using the same URL that I used for the first checkout.

user_5745110

A simple solution to get rid of the 'S' when you issue

svn status

is to just go to the dir that is marked with 'S' and delete the hidden .svn directory:

rm -rf .svn

Afterwards the sources show up marked with '?' and you could easily add them freshly:

svn add path/to/resource

user_13905020

In my case two sub-directories in the branch were deleted in the trunk. I switched from trunk the branch from the top level directory, and then moved back to trunk and experience the problem with those sub-directories are now in status S.

I used the answer by @ahnbizcad as a guideline. From the parent directory (which is itself under the top level directory) of the sub-directories:

svn sw <branch_url>

svn sw <trunk_url>

user_16325560
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