Subversion & Proxy Servers

August 22, 2006

Is there a known issue with Subversion and proxy servers? I guess I should have run into this years ago but I don't ever remember having an issue. I just got a new laptop with a fresh install of Windows XP and connection out to the Internet is using a Squid proxy server. When I connect to my Subversion server using TortoiseSVN (1.4.0-RC1), I get a following error message:

svn: REPORT request failed on '/svn/!svn/vcc/default' svn: REPORT of '/svn/!svn/vcc/default': 400 Bad Request (http://www.vinnycarpenter.com)

I know the issues isn't with TortoiseSVN as I get errors connecting using command line tools, IntelliJ IDEA and Eclipse with the Subclipse plugin. Is this a known issue? The Subversion FAQ doesn't really have any answers and the recommendation of adding extension_methods in the FAQ didn't work. Anyone else run into this?

Tagged as: apache, proxy_server, squid, subversion, TortoiseSVN

{ 5 comments }

1 t800t8 September 3, 2006 at 8:44 am: I have same problem (cannot import, update or commit, can browse only) and don't know how to fix it yet

But I have another error message.

Error: MKACTIVITY of '/svn/test/!svn/act/bef0a858-42e7-1740-a021-0a99905dd0e0′: 400 Bad Request (http://localhost)
2 t800t8 September 3, 2006 at 10:32 am: Please try this: http://tortoisesvn.net/docs/release/TortoiseSVN_en/ch03.html#tsvn-serversetup-apache-6. I've just set up, it works fine
3 duncan March 16, 2007 at 3:17 am: The problem is with the SVNParentPath if this is changed to SVNPath then it works may be it wants a default depository or something
4 MusS July 20, 2007 at 3:14 am: Hello,
I just to know if any person hav find a solution of this problem and what is the method to solve this problem?
Where can i change the SVNParentPath to the SVNPath?
5 MusS July 30, 2007 at 10:02 am: I have found a solution Just use the https connection