How to fix Subversion «!» status

Question

The Subversion manual states:

\'!\'

Item is missing (e.g. you moved or deleted it without using svn). This also indicates that a directory is incomple

Answer 1

I tried to revert & cleanup but it did not fix my issue. The solution I found is a bit harsh but worked:

1. rename the old_folder to new_folder.
2. from the parent issue a svn up old_folder
3. copy back the files from the new_folder [avoiding coping the .svn folder from the new_folder].

the I deleted the new_folder and in this way I managed to have a cleaned old_folder.