Thanks for your help.
Aha, I I see what the problem is.
I had tried using http and not https.
I had used https for one of the earlier attempts from root and was
prompted for my sourceforge password (which didn't work apparently).
So I made the assumption that https access was only for project
members with write access.
Thanks for your help.
robert Nagle
On Apr 13, 9:10 am, Stefan Küng <tortoise..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
> idiotprogrammer wrote:
> > So let me interpret Stefan's answer a little further:
>
> > Are you recommending that I contact the sourceforge project directly
> > because the information I have provided about the repository is
> > insufficient to download it with tortoise? Or are you recommending
> > that I contact the sourceforge project because you believe I am not
> > sure what I need?
>
> > I am assuming that Tortoise gives the ability to download a branch of
> > a particular repository. But after perusing the documentation, I can't
> > figure if Tortoise has that ability. (The closest I can find is this
> > --
> >http://tortoisesvn.net/docs/nightly/TortoiseSVN_en/tsvn-dug-checkout....
> > )
>
> No, you should not contact sourceforge. You should read the project
> pages on sourceforge on how to check out the sourcecode.
>
> And I will tell you this once again: _read the subversion book_!
> You clearly don't understand what a branch and/or trunk is. That means
> you have no idea what Subversion even is. For a subversion client, both
> are the same. Only for you and the project, these are different.
>
> And once again: the URL you try
> (http://docbook.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/docbook/branches/xsl-epub/)
> is the URL to ViewVC, *not* the URL to the repository (do you actually
> read my answers?).
>
> I can't believe I'm doing this: here's the page you have to read:http://sourceforge.net/svn/?group_id=21935
>
> Can you see the URL to the repository? It'shttps://docbook.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/docbookand your branch would behttps://docbook.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/docbook/branches/xsl-epub
> NOThttp://docbook.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/docbook/branches/xsl-epub/
>
> Stefan
>
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