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Re: [Savannah-help-public] Getting started with svn: authorization faile


From: Jeremy Murphy
Subject: Re: [Savannah-help-public] Getting started with svn: authorization failed
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2011 11:41:18 +1000

On 23 July 2011 09:48, Karl Berry <address@hidden> wrote:
Hi Jeremy,

Sorry for the delayed (and useless) reply.

   I'm pretty new to using subversion, so I don't know why any write
   operation I try returns "authorization failed", whether I use --user
   and --password or not.  I created my project, changed it from CVS to
   SVN, and according to the subversion documentation, 'svn import path
   URL' should let me create a repository, but as I said, it fails
   authorization.

That's true in general, but svn import doesn't work with savannah :(.
http://savannah.gnu.org/maintenance/SvnImportExistingRepo explains the
process for importing a dump at savannah (as far as I know -- I've never
actually done it).

If you're just starting a repo from scratch and don't have a ton of svn
history you want to preserve, you don't need to do this.  Just use svn
checkout svn+ssh:..., exact command is shown on the "Source Code" page,
copy your files into the new hierarchy, svn add them, then svn commit.

If this isn't it, please post the exact commands you're running, and the
exact responses.

Hi Karl,

thanks for your reply.  I just want to upload some unversioned code, but if I use 'svn add' like that page suggests then I get the error:

svn: '.' is not a working copy

which makes sense, as far as my understanding of subversion goes.  'svn import' is for uploading unversioned files.  I don't mind switching to git if it is more straightforward.  Thanks, cheers.

Jeremy


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