What is the underlying cause of an SVN checksum mismatch?

windows svn tortoisesvn visualsvn corrupt-data
Lodle picture Lodle · Feb 22, 2011 · Viewed 12.7k times · Source

Almost every time I commit to SVN I keep getting a checksum mismatch error. I already know how to fix it (by checking out the folder and copying over the .svn folder after deleting the old one). What I want to know is what causes this as its starting to drive me insane.

OS: Windows 7 SVN Client: VisualSVN, TortoiseSVN

TortoiseSVN error message indicating corruption in checked-out copy

Answer

Dee picture Dee · Jul 20, 2012

1.Rename corrupted file in your working directory

2.Commit (it will delete the corrupted file from repository, and add the renamed one)

3.Rename file back to original name in your working directory

4.Commit

Work like a charm for me, hope it helps.

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