[dba-VB] Subversion / VisualSVN

Well... of course after pressing "Send"  ;)

Instead of the File:// crap, just using the actual path worked just fine, both from my laptop and 
from the server.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


jwcolby wrote:
> I am trying to set up Visual SVN on my server and laptop for the first time.  I installed the SVN 
> and Tortoise on the server, then Visual SVN.  I opened VS 2008, opened a project, and did an initial 
>   deposit.  I am trying to place the repository on my F: drive (a raid array) and it took a bit of 
> messing around but eventually I managed to get it to work.  So ONE of my c# VS2008 projects is in 
> version control.
> 
> But now, trying to get the rest in there.  the problem seems to be that VisualVSN just passes 
> commands to a command utility and if that fails, the resulting error codes are unfriendly.
> 
> I am trying set it up on my RAID volume F:\Repositories.  So I use something like
> 
> file://F:/Repositories
> 
> It gives an error
> 
> Repository is not available
> unable to open an ra_local session to URL
> Unable to open 'File://F:/Repositories'
> 
> I am getting this same error from my laptop across the network (different URL though) and local to 
> the server.
> 
> I am able to check out the one project that I managed to check in, even from my laptop.  I just 
> can't check in the next one, either from my laptop or from the server directly.
> 
> I have been working on the server in VS2008 so I have some existing projects.  The first one checked 
> in, the rest refuse.
> 
> Has anyone run into / solved this problem?
> 
>