Re: Can someone explain an SVN error to me...

On 1/19/06, Will Dean <svn@indcomp.co.uk> wrote:

> Because I was interested in what Stephan has done to make BDB work
> with VS2005, I thought I'd update my TSVN working copy (which hasn't
> been updated in a long time...)
>
> I got the attached error which I can't even parse. Is the 302 an
> HTTP response code? Why is 'Found' an error? I was able to update my
> *SVN* WC without any problem.
>
> What does it mean?

The error is that the PROPFIND request didn't work.
The "302 found" is just an indication: the URL itself was valid, it
returned some data (so it was 'found') but it wasn't the data which
was expected (enter that url in a browser, and you'll know what I
mean).

> I thought it might be because the url is now
>
> http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/svn/tortoisesvn/trunk/
>
> rather than
>
> http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/repos/tortoisesvn/trunk/

AFAIK that URL *never* had our repository. It was always the first one
since we're hosted on tigris.org.

> but when I tried doing a relocate on the WC, that failed with a
> similar error message but with a 405 error code. (JOOI, why does
> relocate talk to the repos - I though it was just a WC thing)

It talks to the repo to ensure that the uuid is still the same, to
prevent users from corrupting the working copy completely (it still
could happen, but not that often).

> I probably just need to give up and check out a new WC, but I am
> always interested in why WC's break - it seems a little too common
> for my liking.

Yes, I suggest checking out a new WC - much easier and faster than
trying hours repairing a working copy.

> And I know that stupid error message comes from SVN or Neon or
> something, but it would be good if TSVN could improve on something like that.

Since TSVN doesn't know *where* the error happened, it can't really
improve the message (e.g. a PROPFIND can have several reasons, but
it's always the same error code).

Stefan

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