On 23 July 2011 11:41, Jeremy Murphy <[email protected]>wrote:
> On 23 July 2011 09:48, Karl Berry <[email protected]> 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. > Ah, actually, I did not fully read the svn instructions, sorry. Please disregard the above. :) Cheers. Jeremy
