Re: Problem setting Notepad++ as log message editor for svn 1.9.7 (Windows7)

On Fri, Jun 8, 2018 at 12:29 PM, Bo Berglund <bo.berglund_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> I have configured Notepad++ to be the editor for the log message.
> This works OK if Notepad++ is *not* running at the time of an svn
> operation. Then Npp pops up an edit window and I can enter the message
> as expected and then close the window.
>
> But when Npp is already running with one or several tabs with other
> file edits, then Npp pops up with an edit tab inside the already
> running window.
> Now svn will not recognize my log message but instead pop up the
> following on the command line:
>
> Log message unchanged or not specified
> (a)bort, (c)ontinue, (e)dit:
>
> If I choose c then the commit proceeds but there is no log message...
>
> How can I use Notepad++ as the log editor and not have this happening?
>
>

See:
http://notes.richdougherty.com/2012/05/using-notepad-to-edit-subversion-commit.html

You need to add the -multiInst option.

The full set of options you should add actually seems to be: -multiInst
-noPlugin -nosession -notabbar

-- 
Thanks
Mark Phippard
http://markphip.blogspot.com/