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Re: no prompt for username and password

From: Robin Guest <robin.guest_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:57:10 +0100

On 23 July 2010 20:48, Bob Archer <Bob.Archer_at_amsi.com> wrote:

> > On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 13:09, Stefan Küng <tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > On 23.07.2010 19:05, Andy Levy wrote:
> > >> On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 12:55, Mark E Manning
> > >> <mmanning_at_practiceinsight.net> wrote:
> > >>> I think I now know what is going on. It turns out each folder
> > has its own ".svn" hidden folder. Inside of that fold is a file
> > called "entries". Inside of that file are the references
> > to<website>:8080. When I changed those entries to use 8443 instead
> > of 8080 - the messages I get now say<website>:8443 and that the
> > connection was closed.
> > >>
> > >> This is the wrong way to "solve" this issue. You should be using
> > svn
> > >> switch to change the server address. Do NOT mess with the .svn
> > >> directory yourself.
> > >
> > > In this case, don't use "Switch" but "Relocate".
> >
> > This is my single greatest annoyance with Subversion - remembering
> > when to use Relocate.
>
> Switch is about changing from one path in a repository to another. Usually
> moving from trunk to a branch or back.
>
> Relocate is only used when the path to the repository itself changes.
>

I suppose you could remember it mnemonically as:

- relocate is like moving house (big change of address, public)
- switch is like changing rooms within the current house (smaller change,
internal).

(The mnemonic part being the association between "relocate" and "house")

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