Re: svnadmin create complains about subrepositories

2011-02-10 Thread Ulrich Eckhardt
On Thursday 10 February 2011, Stefan Sperling wrote: > On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 07:02:18PM +0100, Fabian Richter wrote: > > Am Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:24:09 -0600 > > schrieb Ryan Schmidt : > > > On Feb 10, 2011, at 09:59, Stefan Sperling wrote: > > > >> and can you please add an --force switch to > > >

RE: svnadmin create repo/path - Error

2011-02-10 Thread Curley, John
-Original Message- From: Rajesh Saha [mailto:rajeshsaha...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 10:46 PM To: users@subversion.apache.org Subject: Re: svnadmin create repo/path - Error Hi I was trying to create a repository with this command.

Re: svnadmin create repo/path - Error

2011-02-10 Thread Rajesh Saha
> > Hi > > I was trying to create a repository with this command. > > svnadmin create --fs-type fsfs newrepo > > But, it is giving error as follows. > > svnadmin: Repository creation failed > svnadmin: Creating db lock file > svnadmin: Can't open file 'newrepo/locks/db.lock': Permission denied > >

Re: Combining public and private paths

2011-02-10 Thread Victor Sudakov
What the "anon-access = none" option does is remove the ANONYMOUS mech from the list of SASL mechs offered by svnserve (I see this in tcpflow). If this mech is present in the mech list, the svn client does not bother to authenticate even if a valid Kerberos ticket is available. If the svn client h

Re: diff-cmd =

2011-02-10 Thread Victor Sudakov
Ryan Schmidt wrote: [dd] > > This looks like http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=2930 > > i.e., you've found the current status quo; there is no better method > currently available. > I have always been told that I am a good tester (i.e. have the ability to come across bugs),

Re: diff-cmd =

2011-02-10 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Feb 10, 2011, at 23:33, Victor Sudakov wrote: > I like very much the default output of the FreeBSD diff program. > So I prefer using "svn diff --diff-cmd=/usr/bin/diff -x --normal" > instead of just "svn diff". > > However, when I put the line "diff-cmd = /usr/bin/diff -x --normal" > into ~/.

diff-cmd =

2011-02-10 Thread Victor Sudakov
Colleagues, I like very much the default output of the FreeBSD diff program. So I prefer using "svn diff --diff-cmd=/usr/bin/diff -x --normal" instead of just "svn diff". However, when I put the line "diff-cmd = /usr/bin/diff -x --normal" into ~/.subversion/config, I get the following error messa

Combining public and private paths

2011-02-10 Thread John Conrad
For what it's worth, I have run into the same problem and the only solution I have found is to switch to a different access method. As best as I can tell svnserve is simply not an option when trying to set up a repository with path based authentication when select areas are flagged inaccessible to

Re: Combining public and private paths

2011-02-10 Thread Victor Sudakov
The problem is probably in the following. When anon-access is other than "none", svnserve does not request authentication for some important operations like "svn log", and I have found no way to force it to request authentication. This effectively breaks path based authorization. I have found som

Re: .htaccess commit issue

2011-02-10 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Feb 10, 2011, at 20:43, debu --- Debajit kataki wrote: > This is an issue only while I try to commit via any GUI client/rep browser. > Currently I am using Tortoise and I could reproduce it there. Some people > also saw it in Eclipse which I am yet to reproduce. > > Via command line I have

Re: .htaccess commit issue

2011-02-10 Thread debu --- Debajit kataki
Thanks Ryan for your reply. Sorry I was NOT clear and let me elaborate it further. This is an issue only while I try to commit via any GUI client/rep browser. Currently I am using Tortoise and I could reproduce it there. Some people also saw it in Eclipse which I am yet to reproduce. Via command

Re: possible bug - org.tigris.subversion.javahl.ClientException: Working copy not locked; this is probably a bug, please report

2011-02-10 Thread Shannon Dillman
Thanks guys - I was just reporting a bug, and didn't expect help. It is much appreciated, and I now have things working. Ryan - that's why I qualified "up to date" with "per the Synaptic package manager" I am sorry I didn't specify further, which brings me to Andy - you were right. 1.6.6 is what'

Re: possible bug - org.tigris.subversion.javahl.ClientException: Working copy not locked; this is probably a bug, please report

2011-02-10 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Feb 10, 2011, at 15:19, Andy Levy wrote: > Please be sure to specify the actual version of Subversion you're > using. "Up to date" could have two meanings here - up to date with > regard to what's in the Ubuntu 10.04 repository, or up to date with > regard to Subversion releases. From what I c

Re: possible bug - org.tigris.subversion.javahl.ClientException: Working copy not locked; this is probably a bug, please report

2011-02-10 Thread Andy Levy
On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 16:00, Shannon Dillman wrote: > Hello there, > > I am writing because my Subversion is reporting a situation that it > feels is a bug. Unfortunately, I am not really a programmer (yet), so > please accept my apologies in advance for any shortcomings in this > report.  I am

Re: possible bug - org.tigris.subversion.javahl.ClientException: Working copy not locked; this is probably a bug, please report

2011-02-10 Thread Mark Phippard
See this FAQ: http://subclipse.tigris.org/wiki/PluginFAQ#head-73584410a8d4fbad6781c7b16be39f6518410a61 The error usually means that some tool you are using deleted a folder and then recreated it. The problem is that this deletes the .svn metadata folder inside it. SVN 1.7 will solve this proble

possible bug - org.tigris.subversion.javahl.ClientException: Working copy not locked; this is probably a bug, please report

2011-02-10 Thread Shannon Dillman
Hello there, I am writing because my Subversion is reporting a situation that it feels is a bug. Unfortunately, I am not really a programmer (yet), so please accept my apologies in advance for any shortcomings in this report. I am also not dead certain that when it says "please report," it means

Re: svnadmin create complains about subrepositories

2011-02-10 Thread Stefan Sperling
On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 07:02:18PM +0100, Fabian Richter wrote: > Am Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:24:09 -0600 > schrieb Ryan Schmidt : > > On Feb 10, 2011, at 09:59, Stefan Sperling wrote: > > > > >> and can you please add an --force switch to > > >> still being able to create Repositories within the path

svn switch problems

2011-02-10 Thread Douglass Davis
Hello, I'm trying to do an svn switch and keep getting an error: svn switch https://.../services/branches/ementor . svn: Directory 'ementor' is missing svn: Directory 'ementor' is missing [hostname]$ The directory is currently switched to the trunk. The trunk has no ementor directory. There i

Re: svnadmin create complains about subrepositories

2011-02-10 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Feb 10, 2011, at 09:15, Fabian Richter wrote: > Why is that a "feature" and can you please add an --force switch to > still being able to create Repositories within the path of another? I should add: this check was added to Subversion to prevent people from doing things that make no sense.

Re: svnadmin create complains about subrepositories

2011-02-10 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Feb 10, 2011, at 12:55, Kris Deugau wrote: >> something like that. And the comparison to mysql DB doesnt make sense, >> because in a dbms I am able to deklare multiple databases for the same >> server or "root" dir, thats what is apparently not possible for svn... > > Well, when you create a

Re: svnadmin create complains about subrepositories

2011-02-10 Thread Kris Deugau
Fabian Richter wrote: To be frank: I dont see why I am not able to create nested repos A Subversion repository, from the point of view of the filesystem it lives on, is intended to be (mostly) a black box that you interact with through the SVN repository access layer you've configured. or

Re: svnadmin create complains about subrepositories

2011-02-10 Thread David Chapman
On 2/10/2011 10:19 AM, Fabian Richter wrote: Am Thu, 10 Feb 2011 13:07:27 -0500 schrieb Bob Archer: I expect that this all happens inside the repository. A repository's contents can have whatever folder layout you want. However, the repositories themselves on the server each need to be peers. Y

Re: svnadmin create complains about subrepositories

2011-02-10 Thread Fabian Richter
Am Thu, 10 Feb 2011 13:07:27 -0500 schrieb Bob Archer : > > I expect that this all happens inside the repository. A repository's > contents can have whatever folder layout you want. However, the > repositories themselves on the server each need to be peers. You > can't nest repos nor should you n

RE: svnadmin create complains about subrepositories

2011-02-10 Thread Bob Archer
> > On Feb 10, 2011, at 09:59, Stefan Sperling wrote: > > > > >> and can you please add an --force switch to > > >> still being able to create Repositories within the path of > another? > > > > > > That's a reasonable request, I think. Not a usual use case but > why > > > not? > > > > Really? What

Re: svnadmin create complains about subrepositories

2011-02-10 Thread Fabian Richter
Am Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:24:09 -0600 schrieb Ryan Schmidt : > > On Feb 10, 2011, at 09:59, Stefan Sperling wrote: > > >> and can you please add an --force switch to > >> still being able to create Repositories within the path of another? > > > > That's a reasonable request, I think. Not a usual u

Re: svnadmin create complains about subrepositories

2011-02-10 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Feb 10, 2011, at 09:59, Stefan Sperling wrote: >> and can you please add an --force switch to >> still being able to create Repositories within the path of another? > > That's a reasonable request, I think. Not a usual use case but why not? Really? What possible reason could exist for doing

Subversion Permissions Question.

2011-02-10 Thread MonicaS
Hello, A Subversion server with a big repository was inherited to me recently and I'm trying to figure out its configuration. We are using an old version that we are going to upgrade as soon as we are confident that we understand the current configuration and setup. We have subversion 1.4.3 (r230

Re: svnadmin create complains about subrepositories

2011-02-10 Thread Stefan Sperling
On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 04:15:16PM +0100, Fabian Richter wrote: > Hi, > > I just recently upgraded to svn 1.6.12 and had to realize Which version did you upgrade from? As far as I can tell this behaviour has existed for some time, since at least 1.5. Did you upgrade from an earlier version which

RE: svnadmin create complains about subrepositories

2011-02-10 Thread Bob Archer
> I just recently upgraded to svn 1.6.12 and had to realize > > svnadmin create > > wont let me create Repositories inside directories where have > already > repositories been created. > > Why is that a "feature" and can you please add an --force switch to > still being able to create Repositori

svnadmin create complains about subrepositories

2011-02-10 Thread Fabian Richter
Hi, I just recently upgraded to svn 1.6.12 and had to realize svnadmin create wont let me create Repositories inside directories where have already repositories been created. Why is that a "feature" and can you please add an --force switch to still being able to create Repositories within the

Combining public and private paths

2011-02-10 Thread Victor Sudakov
Dear Colleagues, I am trying to setup the following policy: a private repository with some public paths. Is such configuration supported at all? The following configuration: == conf/svnserve.conf: anon-access = read auth-access = write authz-db = authz == conf/authz: [/] @noc =

Re: linux subversion checkout hangs since server was virtualized

2011-02-10 Thread Karl Krach
Jörg Buchberger joerg-buchberger.de> writes: > > First of all, thanks for the quick response. > > Hmm, perhaps I should mention that the server is windoze (2003) and that > this is not a normal apache setup but visualsvnserver (2.1.5) - however, > I tried both - ordinary apache setup and visuals