On 11/1/06, Scott Morris <scott@4mation.com.au> wrote:
> Not sure where to go from here, so I'll start from the beginning...
>
> I was using the latest TortoiseSVN (1.4) and created a new file repos on
> the server. Fantastic.
>
> Then I attempted to import my files into it, and it gave me an error in
> the repo browswer
>
> Error * Expected format '3' of repository; found format '5'
>
> Which wasn't very nice... so I googled and found
>
> "Be sure to check your client version.
>
> For instance, oooh.. running svn version 1.2.3 with a repo version 1.4.0
> (which I did) would be bad."
> http://brok3n.org/archivesextreme/2006/09/old_svn_client.html
Note that this only applies if you use file:// access. If you use
svnserve or Apache (which is strongly recommended, file:// is really
best for testing/debugging purposes and has some potential issues in a
multiuser environment), you can mix versions between client and
server.
> So then I thought ahhh my TortoiseSVN is probably out of synch with my
> svnserve.exe on the server! And lo-and behold I was using svnserve 1.2
> or something. So off I went to upgrade it to 1.4.
Are you serving via svnserve? If so, then you don't need to upgrade
the server to 1.4 - you can use a 1.4 client with a 1.2 server.
> I installed Subversion 1.4 and then attempted to use the repo browser to
> view my repos, then I got the error similar to
>
> > svn ls "svn://localhost/Test Repo"
> > svn: 'svn://localhost/Test Repo' is not the same repository
> > as 'svn://localhost/Test%20Repo'
> (see http://svn.haxx.se/users/archive-2006-09/1195.shtml)
>
> and it turns out Subversion 1.4 can't handle spaces in the URL
This is a known bug and should be fixed in the 1.4.1 Subversion release.
> So I backdated my Subversion to 1.3
>
> But now 1.3 won't work with TortoiseSVN due to the earlier error
> expecting format 3 and got format 5.
But this is only your working copy (hopefully, unless you're using
file:// access), so all you need to do is check out a working copy
with a Subversion 1.3 client and it'll be fine. However, as noted
above, you can run a newer client with an older server if you use
svnserve or Apache.
> Where do I go from here? Use an earlier version of Tortoise?? Can I
> patch Subversion 1.4??
You tried a lot of things here and I'm not sure what the condition of
your repository is. Take a backup of your repository and try rolling
the server back to 1.3. If you want to roll the client back, you'll
need to check out a fresh working copy with the old client, as there's
no way to undo the working copy format update that 1.4 did.
> And what do the numbers in that plain 'format' file mean anyway?
It tells Subversion what version of the repository or working copy
format is in use.
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Received on Thu Nov 2 04:15:41 2006