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Possible File Cache Problem


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Hi guys,

I am having a very strange problem. There are two of us working on a particular project, and we share files for this project via Subversion (a CVS).

The other person created a tiff file using Paint (we are drawing a very simple map for this particular part of the project). I opened it and made some changes using PS CS4 (my preferred tool for any drawing), and committed those changes. He got that file, then made some additional changes and committed, which I then downloaded to work on this morning.

Now comes the weird part. When I open up this file in PS, it doesn't contain any of his changes. It is the same file I last worked on. I closed it, double checked I was opening the right file (I was). I even opened it in paint (it had the new changes). I looked at it just using windows explorer tiles, it has the correct changes. PS just refuses to open the file with the most recent changes.

I have double and triple checked. The file it is opening no longer exists! So I have no idea where it is getting that old information from. It must have it cached somewhere, and is not really opening the file I'm telling it to open.

I've looked in the menus for some kind of cache to purge, but I'm not seeing anything.

So, anyone know what is going on? And more importantly, how I fix it? I want PS to always open the latest version of any file, not whatever it has cached in some weird place, heh.

I'd appreciate any help or advice anyone wants to give.
 
Hello.
1 - do you get correct state of changes when you load the file under the new name ?
2 - what operating system are we talking about ?
3 - does subversion use any file versioning ?
Best regards,
Peter
 
peta62 said:
Hello.
1 - do you get correct state of changes when you load the file under the new name ?
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Nope. I tried that, I got the old version even under a new name. Which I realize doesn't support the cache theory, so really I have no idea where PS is getting that old info from!

2 - what operating system are we talking about ?
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Vista

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3 - does subversion use any file versioning ?
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Depends on what you mean. The file itself does not have any internal versioning to it, it's just a plain old tiff file. Subversion keeps versions of it (that is kind of part of it's entire point, heh). But that's on it's database, it is not a part of the file itself.

I did manage to fix it in a roundabout way. I opened the file in Paint (correct version). Hit Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C. Opened it up in PS (wrong version), made a new layer, and hit Ctrl-V. Which pulled in the proper info. Actually, that was kind of cool because I could flip between the layers to see what changed directly in PS :)

But still, I'd like to know what was going on. I find it a bit disturbing that PS couldn't open up the most up-to-file, so if you have ideas on that, I'd love to hear them.
 
Hello,
strange behaviour, I doubt PS could communicate directly with Subversion. I would propose one simple test. Open the file, save it ( Save, not Save as ... ) and check where the new file was created. Of course you cannot fully rely on name, so search on date and approximate size.
Best regards,
Peter
P.S. And I would check Subversion archive just to be sure there is no link provided by operating system.
 
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