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Re: Subversion 1.5 beta1, "malformed URL for repository" when merging over http

From: Rick Yorgason <rick_at_ldagames.com>
Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:04:17 -0400

The Windows build of beta1 doesn't seem to come with ra_serf. That's on
my client; I'm pretty sure the server is using neon as well, but I'll
double check when I can access the machine later tonight.

-Rick-

David Glasser wrote:
> Are you using Neon or serf? You should be able to find out by typing
> "svn --version"; if it lists both the answer is neon unless you've
> customized your ~/.subversion/servers file.
>
> --dave
>
> On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 1:48 PM, Rick Yorgason <rick_at_ldagames.com> wrote:
>> Here's a transcript of my session, get ready, it's really short!
>>
>>
>>> C:\Projects\Hegemony.rick3>svn merge -r8838:HEAD
>> http://bender.ldastore.com/svn/Hegemony/trunk
>>> svn: Malformed URL for repository
>>>
>> When I use Tortoise, it shows that it's transferred 181 kBytes before it
>> sends that error message.
>>
>> The Hegemony.rick3 folder is a clean checkout of my branch. Like I said
>> before, it works fine if I add my username, for some bizarre reason.
>>
>> If I get time I'll try to do some detective work to track it down.
>>
>> -Rick-
>>
>>
>>
>> David Glasser wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 5:11 AM, Rick Yorgason <rick_at_ldagames.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey guys,
>>>>
>>>> I'm running a 1.4 WebDAV server with plain old http and a 1.5 beta1
>> client
>>>> (both the official client and TortoiseSVN) on a 64-bit version of Vista.
>>>>
>>>> I can checkout, update, and commit stuff just fine, but when I try to
>> merge
>>>> a range of revisions from the trunk to my feature branch, I get an error
>>>> that reads "malformed URL for repository" (which, I have to admit, isn't
>>>> very useful).
>>>>
>>>> I *have* found a work-around. If I change the target address from:
>>>>
>>>> http://example.com/whatever/trunk
>>>>
>>>> to:
>>>>
>>>> http://username@example.com/whatever/trunk
>>>>
>>>> then works without complaints, both in the command line client and
>>>> Tortoise.
>>>>
>>>> I wasn't able to find any posting about this bug, so I figured I'd post
>> it.
>>>> Let me know if you want me to check anything else.
>>>>
>>> Can you show the full command line you're typing rather than just the URL?
>>>
>>> --dave
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>
>

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