What does "svn: warning: W155010: The node is not an external" mean?

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I am trying to use `svn:externals` to automatically check out a copy of a certain directory under another directory. Here's an example of my project's directories in the repository: ``` trunk releases releases_1_4 database conf resources etl_machines workflows ``` I then wanted to create an alias called `release_1_4_1` that would be a copy of `release_1_4`, so I added an externals property to `releases` like so: ``` $ svn propset svn:externals 'http://server/svn/repos/MAIN/releases/branches/2012-09-13_branch/releases/release_1_4@38320 release_1_4_1' ``` Now if I check in that property change, then do an update, I get the error shown below: ``` $ svn update Updating '.': Fetching external item into 'release_1_4_1': A release_1_4_1/a_file A release_1_4_1/database A release_1_4_1/database/a.sql A release_1_4_1/database/b.sql A release_1_4_1/database/c.sql A release_1_4_1/conf A release_1_4_1/conf/prod.properties A release_1_4_1/conf/dev.properties A release_1_4_1/conf/test.properties A r…

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I am solving the same issue (2 years later ;-) ) Did you create and commit the folder "release_1_4_1" before update? If so, than it seems, the error you are facing arises. However, the source should be updated anyway.

It seems the solution is to delete and unversion "release_1_4_1" folder - if created - and recreate the external.

What does "svn: warning: W155010: The node is not an external" mean?

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