Re: TortoiseSVN 1.8.x hangs when externals link is broken

On 28.10.2013 13:19, Rafael Daciuk wrote:
> Hello,
> I have recently encountered a problem with the Repo-browser.
> My scenario is this, I have exported all of my projects to a new repository, in a new server. A few projects in the repository have externals, which were configured with a full URL link like "http://server-addr/svn/myrepo/path-to-external".
> What happened is that on the new server, which has a different address, I could no longer browse into these projects folder's. Whenever I tried, TortoiseSVN would hang. I also couldn't see or modify the folder's properties, to try and correct the externals links.
> I then tried using the command line client, and it worked fine, only not reporting any information about the externals.
> I also tried using the latest TortoiseSVN 1.7.13, which took a long time, but eventually showed the folder's contents, and an error message when I tried to browse into the externals folder.
> Since this works fine with the command line client and also with TortoiseSVN 1.7.x, I believe it may be a bug with version 1.8.x. I have already tried the nightly build.

Settings dialog->Dialogs 3
uncheck "Pre-fetch folders for faster browsing" and "Show externals".

Then fix the externals.

After that you can enable those options again.

Stefan

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