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SVN 405 Method Not Allowed

Asked 2010-08-30T15:09:58.457
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I accidentally deleted a folder in SVN and added it back immediately. I ran into an issue with this and my solution ended up removing the folder completely from my local copy as well as the server copy. I can do updates and commits without problems on any other file or folder, but if I try to create a folder with the same name, add, and commit, it gives me the following error:

svn: Server sent unexpected return value (405 Method Not Allowed) in response to MKCOL request for '/svn/www/!svn/wrk/9de0d765-2203-456c-af16-58e792ec7ac0/trunk/htdocs/solutions/medical'

I have run countless cleanups, commits, updates, etc. Nothing resolves the issue. Ideas?

FYI, I do not have the option of renaming the top level folder.

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The quickest way for me to fix it was to duplicate the affected folder, and commit it with an alternative name. Then svn mv duplicateFolder originalFolder. Pretty easy.

So, take folder1 and make a folder1Copy:

svn delete folder1
svn add folder1Copy

Commit and update:

svn mv folder1Copy/ folder1/

Commit again and it's fixed.

answered 2011-11-08T03:02:33.173

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