TortoiseSVN is showing the Question mark decorators

Question

At the root of my d: drive, TortoiseSVN is showing the question mark decorators on all the folders. The d: drive is not a SVN working copy. How do I remove the decorators?

Solution 1

TSVNCache, which TortoiseSVN uses to keep those icons uptodate, doesn't always make the correct choices about which directories need decoration. You can limit which directories it will consider by:

• In TortoiseSVN|Settings|Look and Feel|Icon Overlays

• In the Drive Types section

  • Mark the drive types you want monitored.
  • Use Include paths for the directories you want monitored
  • Use exclude paths for directories to be excluded (strangely enough)

I have only Fixed Drives checked.

Exclude paths:

c:\*

Include paths:

c:\cygwin\home\me\workspaces\*
c:\dev\*
d:\development\*

Solution 2

There are two things you should check.

1. Remove any .svn folders from the root level of your drive.

   The .svn folder is hidden so you will have to make sure Windows Explorer shows hidden files and folders.

2. Open a command prompt and run the following command.

   tortoiseproc /command:rebuildiconcache

Solution 3

The question mark decorators can be deactivated as shown here.

Go to Tortoise SVN >> Settings >> Icon Overlays

In the Drive Types section

Un-check

• Fixed drivers

And check

• Show excluded root folders as normal

Comments

[Med]

After I accidentally checked out a single file from a SVN repo right on my desktop, all its icons got decorated. Thanks a lot, removing the hidden folder did the trick.