SVN icons don't refresh after commit

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vishwanath ramachandran@honeywell.com

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Sep 15, 2010, 2:13:26 PM9/15/10
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User updated Tortoise SVN to as requested.

However, when user commit files into SVN, the icons stay red with (!).

The only way user could refresh the icons is to make a copy of his folder, delete the original one then rename the copy.

When he do so, the icons reflect the changes he made.
The actual problem is :- After committing the file,the system takes more than 1 minute to show the files in green icon.

This problem is occurring only in the mapped drive named as T drive which created by using a batch file [this is not a network drive,this is a folder in D drive].But user is able to see the committed files in green color when user is doing commit outside the Mapped folder.User created a new working copy in desktop and able to see the committed data in green icon.

Please suggest

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Loritsch, Berin

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Sep 15, 2010, 2:34:47 PM9/15/10
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Try just refreshing the view in the File Finder. (menu item
View->Refresh).

This is a long standing problem that Tortoise and Windows File Finder
has. I think the root problem is that the Windows File Finder doesn't
automatically refresh or respond to refresh requests from other
programs. It's a display only problem. Tortoise and SVN have both done
there jobs.

Tortoise has to check the local status of the files which is currently
done by recursing through the directories. When SVN 1.7 comes out, the
display updates may become quicker.

Please suggest

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vishwanath ramachandran@honeywell.com

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Sep 15, 2010, 3:03:07 PM9/15/10
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Thanks
Is there any workaround or any temporary fix for this?

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Loritsch, Berin

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Sep 15, 2010, 4:10:40 PM9/15/10
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Only refreshing the view after committing if the icons don't change.
Each version of TortoiseSVN gets better at keeping the icon overlays
correct, but Windows Explorer is a horribly complex beast. Windows 7
does better at self correcting after a couple seconds, but not everyone
is in a position to upgrade the OS.

You can check SVN status for extra peace of mind: right click,
TortoisSVN->Check for modifications. That will let you know if anything
got missed.

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vishwanath ramachandran@honeywell.com

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Sep 20, 2010, 5:57:14 PM9/20/10
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If Tortoise SVN Cache is killed, the icons do get refreshed fast.

Could you please let me know any reason behind "how it could be problem with windows file finder"

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Red Rocket

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Jun 14, 2011, 10:43:35 AM6/14/11
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I've been using Tortoisesvn for several years and have seen that there has always been a lag in getting the icons to change, but it used to be I could force it by just using F5.

I upgraded to Windows 7 with version 1.6.16.21511 and find now that it takes a lot of coercing to get some of the icons to change, and some seem to never change. If I close the folder, or go to a higher folder then back, then some of them might change. F5 has no effect at all.

I was using this same version on XP SP3 and find that actually Windows 7 seems to have greatly exacerbated the problem. This is a fantastic product with just this one irritating nit.

Thank you
Red

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