1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/libexec/place b/Master/tlpkg/libexec/place
index 4f8c3c2ae08..ea0dd1b807e 100755
--- a/Master/tlpkg/libexec/place
+++ b/Master/tlpkg/libexec/place
@@ -261,7 +261,8 @@ sub add_file {
   # "not working copy" error.
   my $newdir = $dir = dirname ($newfile);
   my $needed_dirs = "";
-  until (-d "$dir/.svn") {
+  #until (-d "$dir/.svn") {
+  until (&is_svn_dir($dir)) {
     $needed_dirs = "$dir $needed_dirs";  # parents first
     $dirs{$dir}++;
     $dir = dirname ($dir);
@@ -444,6 +445,14 @@ sub xchdir {
 }
 
 
+sub is_svn_dir {
+  my ($dir) = @_;
+
+  my $ret = system ("svn info $dir 2>/dev/null >/dev/null");
+  $ret /= 256;
+  return !$ret;
+}
+
 sub xsystem {
   my ($cmd) = @_;