On 10/10/07, Craig White <craig@tobyhouse.com> wrote:
> I thought I was pretty solid but found a problem. I had already run
> 'svn copy' to both a stable tag and to a new development branch but
> actually had to make some changes in my trunk which are now committed.
>
> I would love to delete $REPOS/tags/release-2.0 and
> $REPOS/branches/phase5 but 'svn delete $REPOSE/tags/release-2.0' simply
> won't work.
>
> $ svn delete $REPOS/tags/release-2.0
> svn: Could not use external editor to fetch log message; consider
> setting the $SVN_EDITOR environment variable or using the --message (-m)
> or --file (-F) options
> svn: None of the environment variables SVN_EDITOR, VISUAL or EDITOR is
> set, and no 'editor-cmd' run-time configuration option was found
>
> Do I just fahgettaboutit and copy to release-2.01 and make another
> branch or is it possible to delete a tag and branch completely?
This has nothing to do with the delete "not working". Presumably
$REPOS is a repository URL.
Read the error message carefully. Don't just skim over it. The client
is attempting to spawn a text editor so that you can enter a commit
message, but none is specified in your environment variables, nor your
client configuration.
Either set one of the mentioned environment variables to the text
editor of your choice, or use the -m "enter your message here" command
line option.
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Received on Wed Oct 10 19:10:52 2007