On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 12:53 PM, babbe...@googlemail.com <jo...@petersencreative.com> wrote: > > I've got VisualSVN 1.6.2 running on a Windows XP box and I'm trying to > sync (backup) to an external linux server. I've been following the > guide at http://journal.paul.querna.org/articles/2006/09/14/using-svnsync/ > but keep getting the following error: > > C:\Repositories>svnsync init > http://svn.xxxxxxxxxxx.com/repo1http://xxxxxxxxxxxx:8080/repo1 > Authentication realm: <http://svn.xxxxxxxxxxxxx.com:80> xxxxxxx > Subversion Mirror > Password for 'Owner': ********* > Authentication realm: <http://svn.xxxxxxxxxxxx.com:80> xxxxxxxxxx > Subversion Mirror > Username: xxxxxxxxx > Password for 'xxxxxxxxxxx': ********** > svnsync: DAV request failed; it's possible that the repository's pre- > revprop-change hook either failed or is non-existent > svnsync: At least one property change failed; repository is unchanged > svnsync: Error setting property 'sync-lock': could not remove a > property > That's error message means that missed important step that you have to perform on destination server: [[[ $ echo "#!/bin/sh" > hooks/pre-revprop-change $ chmod 755 hooks/pre-revprop-change ]]] You have to create pre-revprop-change hook to allow Subversion client change revisions properties.
-- Ivan Zhakov VisualSVN Team
