On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 08:05:59AM +0000, Richard Boyce wrote: > This may be a stupid question, but I'm using svn (via TortoiseSVN > and client 1.16.16) to a file-based repo (i.e. no subversion > server). When I try to re-integrate a branch, I get "Retrieval of > merginfo unsupported". > > Searches for this say I need to upgrade the repo with "svnadmin > --upgrade" - but svnadmin is part of svnserver, which I don't use. > Do I have to install svnserve (or just svnadmin) to do this (then > uninstall svnserve if I don't want to continue with it?)
Re-install tortoissvn 1.7.1 and make sure to pick the 'install command line tools' option during install. This will provide svnadmin in the cmd.exe text console. Then run 'svnadmin upgrade REPOS_PATH' ('upgrade', not '--upgrade').