Re: modify local address for svn:external

Ben Pope wrote:

> I'm not sure if this problem is tortoisesvn specific or not, please
> let me know if I should post this on the subversion users list.
>
> I have a repository that I would like to download via https (because
> my stupid proxy breaks http requests), but the svn:externals are set
> to http. I can relocate the subdirectory in my local copy, and update
> just that directory, and that works; as soon as I go back to the root
> and update, it changes it back to http and then fails.
>
> Is there a way of preventing the root update from making that change?

Sorry, no.
But you could ask the committes there to change the externals to https.

> Or is there a way of getting past the following error due to the
> proxy:
>
> Error REPORT request failed on '/repos/asf/!svn/default'
> Error REPORT of '/repos/asf/!svn/vcc/default': 400 Bad Request
> (http://svn.apache.org)
>
> I'm trying to get cocoon trunk from
> http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/cocoon/trunk
>
> The servers in question happily serve through https.
>
> Don't really fancy tunnelling this stuff through my machine at home!

If you find a solution to work around your proxy, please tell me! I have
the same stupid proxy in our company and therefore can't even work on
TSVN there (hmmm - maybe that's the intention of our IT guys? :)

Stefan

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