[Subclipse-users] Migrating svn repository from eclipse 3.2 to 3.3

I ran into some flak migrating my windows svn repository from eclipse 3.2 to
3.3.
I got lucky. Some magic happened after many error messages and apparent
failures
and now it works, but I can't tell why I finally succeeded.

These are my notes beginning from a point where nothing seems to work to
when
the magic happened. I also suggest some wording changes to your help docs.

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I am migrating from eclipse 3.2 to Europa eclipse 3.3. I have a svn
repository
that was accessible via subclipse under 3.2. I can't seem to figure out how
to
get it working under 3.3. It seems to me that it should be just a matter of
telling subclipse where the repository is and things should work from there.

1. I have confirmed that the repository has not been compromised in the
eclipse upgrade.
From the command line:

        svn info svn://localhost
        Path: localhost
        URL: svn://localhost
        Repository Root: svn://localhost
        Repository UUID: 1fc2b68e-6379-cb42-89b4-c2a30ace8b31
        Revision: 44
        Node Kind: directory
        Last Changed Author: mkearney
        Last Changed Rev: 44
        Last Changed Date: 2007-07-10 14:21:15 -0400 (Tue, 10 Jul 2007)
 
2. I looked into the subclipse help documentation. The "Getting Started"
section
has a heading, "Creating a New Repository Location". Now I am going to
quibble about
the English here, because I found it confusing, and others might as well.
The Overview sentence says:

  "Before you can begin working with a SVN repository, you must define that
repository location to your Eclipse IDE."

(I presume "your Eclipse IDE" means Subclipse?)

As I understand and have experienced, Subclipse provides a great layer of
functionality
that enables most subversion functionality from within Eclipse, at least
most if not all
of what is possible through the Subversion API.

However, I believe I understand from subclipse that a user cannot "Create a
New Repository".
Nor can one "Create a New Repository Location". Both of those functions have
to be
performed at the command level when a user or admin is setting up svn.
Correct me
if I am wrong.

What the user can do is to tell subclipse which svn repository repositories
it can
access. The user then opens the SVN browsing perspective and clicks on the
svn+
icon to invoke the dialog for adding a svn repository to subclipse.

So if I have this correct, then I suggest that the heading should be:
     "Adding a Repository to Subclipse" or just "Adding a Respository"

hmmm , I just discovered that there are links to this page titled, "adding
a New Repository Location". See the Checking Out a Project" page. I'd still
say drop both of "new", and "location". THe repository need not be "new".
"location" is redundant.

And that sentence should be something like:
   "You must add a repository to subclipse before you can access it."

Am I correct in all this?

3. Assuming I am correct. I can't figure out what URL to give subclipse.
I have tried:
    svn://localhost

I am getting error pops complaining about the url. Most of the info
contained
in the popups is showing up on the subclipse console as shown below

    RA layer request failed
svn: PROPFIND request failed on '/localhost'
svn: PROPFIND of '/localhost': Could not resolve hostname `svn': No such
host is known. (https://svn)

    RA layer request failed
svn: PROPFIND request failed on '/'
svn: PROPFIND of '/': Server certificate verification failed: certificate
has expired, certificate issued for a different hostname, issuer is not
trusted (https://oak)

    RA layer request failed
svn: PROPFIND request failed on '/'
svn: PROPFIND of '/': 302 Found (http://oak)

    RA layer request failed
svn: PROPFIND request failed on '/'
svn: PROPFIND of '/': 302 Found (https://oak)

    RA layer request failed
svn: PROPFIND request failed on '/'
svn: PROPFIND of '/': 302 Found (http://localhost)

    RA layer request failed
svn: PROPFIND request failed on '/'
svn: PROPFIND of '/': 302 Found (http://127.0.0.1)

Oh joy... I tried
    svn://localhost
again. Got more noise like above, and just hit return again

<magic occurred here>

and the thing loaded without further error.
Well something loaded.

I was able to check out a project.......
And modify and submit a file

egad...

Detail:
   OS: Windows-xp service pack 2
   
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