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Subversion headaches

Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 11:27 am
by matthijs
I'm about to find myself another profession if these headaches with subversion keep bugging me. I keep running into authentication problems. Getting messages like

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Commit failed (details follow):
MKACTIVITY of '/svn/!svn/act/33237e7c-cb02-11dd-bef3-8fe96a0561be': authorization failed (http://myproject.googlecode.com)
 
I am 100% sure the username and password I fill in are correct. I even tried resetting them and trying again after that. Again, the same errors.

Tried both in Terminal and in several GUI subversion programs. I have had success committing stuff in the past, but today again it's not working anymore :banghead:

Does anyone have any idea?

Re: Subversion headaches

Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 3:10 pm
by jmut
Did you make the server yourself? Project imported yourself? Any fancy confg? If yes, try a brand new working copy and see if still gives you trouble. If setup is not yours might ask admin if something special you should be aware of. Also google seems to hit quite some pages on search regarding error message.
One thing is for sure, this is the last thing you should consider changing profession for.
Good luck.

Re: Subversion headaches

Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 4:09 pm
by Chris Corbyn
I suspect it's google that's broken. Google code does this to me sometimes. svnrepository.com does it occassionally too. What command are you running out of curiosity?

Re: Subversion headaches

Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 4:10 pm
by Chris Corbyn
Also you're not using your google password are you? You need to use the generated one.

Re: Subversion headaches

Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 4:30 pm
by matthijs
I was using Versionsapp for the mac. I did use the correct password, as I looked it up in the Googlecode repository settings.

I just deleted my working copy completely (with the changes I had worked on :evil: ) and checked out again and after that it worked again.

It's all just so unpredictable. I have used the terminal, several GUI subversions clients, googlecode, sourceforge, and in all situations had trouble. I don't understand what is so complicated and causing trouble each time. Just like FTP, it's a matter of URL, username, password.

Re: Subversion headaches

Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 5:02 pm
by jmut
My best suggest is you just try the most simple example. forget all tools, console is more than enough. Open the svn book and go by it.
Also just shoot step by step what you do to receive this error - from checkout to error....all commands.

Re: Subversion headaches

Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 7:14 pm
by Chris Corbyn
Some subversion GUI clients are non-standard and will break your working copy if you want to interchange between command line and GUI by the way ;)

Re: Subversion headaches

Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 1:08 am
by matthijs
jmut wrote:My best suggest is you just try the most simple example. forget all tools, console is more than enough. Open the svn book and go by it.
Also just shoot step by step what you do to receive this error - from checkout to error....all commands.
Yes, I tried that. But I keep forgetting the commands and typing them in is such a hassle. Just like with a FTP program I'd like to just click-upload, click-refresh, etc

Versionsapp, the new program I'm trying out, does work like that. You have a nice window panel with an overview of the project files, the ones that have been changed are marked. And committing or updating one or all of the files in the project is a matter of clicking one button.
Chris Corbyn wrote:Some subversion GUI clients are non-standard and will break your working copy if you want to interchange between command line and GUI by the way
Maybe that is what happened. The thing is, when you check out successfully, you'd expect committing to work as well. Apparently not.