Re: svn import Problem

On Thu, Jul 08, 2004 at 08:41:14AM -0400, Griffin, Nicole (Newport News) wrote:
> I am trying to use svn import to import a /tmp/project into my
> repository. However, when I run the svn import command, I receive
> errors:
>
> $ sudo svn import /tmp/project < <https://path/to/repos>
> https://path/to/repos> -m "Initial import"
>
> Error: svn: 'start commit' hook failed with error output:
>
> I examined the start commit hook and noticed that is was calling two
> scripts within it: commit-allower.pl and special-auth-check.py. I am
> unable to locate neither script. Should these scripts have been included
> in my subversion rpms package?

Umm you either made these commit hooks or the RPMS are patched to create
them. I doubt the latter. You sure you didn't install this hook?

> ---------------------
> ---------------------
>
> $sudo svn import /tmp/project < <https://path/to/repos>
> https://path/to/repos>
>
> Error: svn:
> Cound not use external editor to fetch log message;
> consider setting the $SVN_EDITOR environment variable or using the
> --message (-m) or --file (-F) options
> svn:
> None of the environment vaiables SVN_EDITOR, VISUAL or
> EDITOR is set, and no 'editor-cmd' run-time configuration option was
> found.
>
> Where can these variables be set?

Well the enviornment variables could be set in whever you set
enviornment variables for your shell...

editor-cmd can be found in ~/.subversion/config

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