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Re: Problem with Subversion

From: Andy Levy <andy.levy_at_gmail.com>
Date: 2007-11-20 14:31:05 CET

On Nov 17, 2007 10:22 AM, Samer Hamood <samer.hamood@googlemail.com> wrote:
> I run Windows XP SP2 on my system and am told that a Subversion directory
> should be created in my C:\%HOMEPATH%\Application Data when I install
> Subversion and that the config file should reside within it. I've also been
> told that if the config file doesn't exist, running the svn status command
> for the first time will create it.
>
> I've downloaded the package from your website but when I install it, there
> is no Subversion directory in the C:\%HOMEPATH%\Application Data directory
> (or anywhere else for that matter), nor is there a config file. Also, if I
> create a Subversion directory at C:\%HOMEPATH%\Application Data (or even if
> I don't create it) and run the svn status command, no config file is
> created. How can I overcome this problem?

%HOMEPATH% isn't a literal path/directory. It's a (pseudo) environment
variable indicating the path to your user account's "home" directory.

I don't seem to have this variable defined on my XP SP2 installation
here, and haven't heard of it before (doesn't mean it doesn't exist
somewhere). Where did you see it referenced in this way?

Try %APPDATA%\Subversion instead (I believe this is how it's
documented in the official SVN docs, and on a default XP setup maps to
c:\documents and settings\USERNAME\Application Data\Subversion).

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