"The File Exists"

I am trying to do a "Get Latest Version" into an empty folder, and the
Vault suddenly gets all philosophical on me-- it states "The File
Exists" and refuses to go any farther.

Now, if it is trying to tell me that the file already exists on my local
drive, it's lying (since I'm going into an empty folder.)  If it is
trying to tell me that the file exists in the Vault, well, I should hope
so-- I'm certainly not going to be getting the latest version of
non-existent imaginary files.  If it is making some kind of ontological
argument about the noumenal presence of the file as contradistinct from
the merely phenomenal appearance of it in the form electrons
representing bits, well, I'm not sure I'm fully prepared to discuss it
at this point, as the sensible/intelligible distinction gets quite
difficult when one is speaking about information as such.

So: anyone want to take a guess as to what is going on here?  And, more
practically, how do I get the latest version of my project?

Thanks,

Michael Dorfman
Mercatus as