I'm getting this when resolving conflicts. In the case where a merged revision has added a file with the same name and moved the original out of the way. If you manually delete the new file and revert the old one back into place, then you get this error. The workaround is to revert the NEW file, which puts things back AND resolves the conflict. # wrong way rm V3TemplateXMLHandler.java # the new one bzr revert V3TemplateXMLHandler.java.moved bzr resolved V3TemplateXMLHandler.java bzr inventory bzr: ERROR: exceptions.AssertionError: name u'V3TemplateXMLHandler.java' already in parent Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/commands.py", line 912, in exception_to_return_code return the_callable(*args, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/commands.py", line 1112, in run_bzr ret = run(*run_argv) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/commands.py", line 690, in run_argv_aliases return self.run(**all_cmd_args) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/commands.py", line 705, in run return self._operation.run_simple(*args, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/cleanup.py", line 135, in run_simple self.cleanups, self.func, *args, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/cleanup.py", line 165, in _do_with_cleanups result = func(*args, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/commands.py", line 1127, in ignore_pipe result = func(*args, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/builtins.py", line 783, in run entries = tree.inventory.entries() File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/workingtree_4.py", line 401, in _get_inventory self._generate_inventory() File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/workingtree_4.py", line 337, in _generate_inventory % (name_unicode,)) AssertionError: name u'V3TemplateXMLHandler.java' already in parent bzr 2.2.1 on python 2.6.6 (Linux-2.6.35-25-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-10.10-maverick) arguments: ['/usr/bin/bzr', 'inventory'] encoding: 'UTF-8', fsenc: 'UTF-8', lang: 'en_GB.utf8' plugins: bash_completion /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/plugins/bash_completion [2.2.1] bzrtools /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/plugins/bzrtools [2.2.0] launchpad /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/plugins/launchpad [2.2.1] netrc_credential_store /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/plugins/netrc_credential_store [2.2.1] news_merge /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/plugins/news_merge [2.2.1] qbzr /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/plugins/qbzr [0.19.1] rewrite /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/plugins/rewrite [0.6.1] svn /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/plugins/svn [1.0.3] xmloutput /home/adrian/.bazaar/plugins/xmloutput [0.8.7.dev] *** Bazaar has encountered an internal error. This probably indicates a bug in Bazaar. You can help us fix it by filing a bug report at https://bugs.launchpad.net/bzr/+filebug including this traceback and a description of the problem. # right way bzr revert V3TemplateXMLHandler.java # this removes the new file and reverts the moved one back into position