Subversion: Update works, but commit fails

“I’m getting the error message Authorization failed when trying to commit my subversion changes. What is wrong?” We get this question from time to time     Turns out there is a quirk in Subversion where you can use a URL for checkout or update, but won’t work for a commit. The checkout allows the case of […]

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Subversion: Fix Missing Date and Author in Svn Log

If you are trying to use the svn log command and the output is missing the author and date fields like the following example: More than likely your Anonymous Access is set to Read. Change this to None to prevent this problem. If you are using a client like TortoiseSVN you may need to clear […]

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MantisBT: Subversion Integration

Have you ever wanted to integrate your Subversion repository with your MantisBT so that your Subversion commit messages update the bug(s) they relate to? This article will describe this feature and how to enable it on your devZing account. Some of the features are: The ability to link changesets to issues and the users that created […]

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Subverison: Web Hooks (GET on commit)

devZing Subversion repositories can inform other systems that a commit happened via a “webhook”. This is a simple HTTP GET to a URL that you provide. To configure the webhook choose Simple webhook on commit from the Action menu for the repository. Enter the URL and click Change. Note that the webhook will only be […]

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