Using Windows Notepad as commit log message editor in Subversion

Question

I am trying to set up subversion on windows. I followed this blog (http://blog.codinghorror.com/setting-up-subversion-on-windows/) and did the setup as instructed, it was successfully installed i think, but i am stuck somewhere in-between while testing if it is working or not

After doing this :

set SVN_EDITOR=c:windowssystem32notepad.exe
svn mkdir svn://localhost/myproject

it opens up notepad and i modified and saved it and it was suppose to ask for credentials and all but it is showing some other messages.

I am not sure how to make it working. Am i doing something wrong ?

bahrep · Answer 1 · 2015-08-18T10:48:20.153

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This can happen if you didn't save the commit message in notepad.exe. Press Ctrl+S and close Notepad. You should see authentication prompt after this step. If the server allows anonymous access then the commit should start without any additional actions.

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answered Aug 18 '15 at 10:42

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... or whatever short-cut you see in your localised version of the File-> Save menu ;) – Álvaro González Aug 18 '15 at 10:45

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:44

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I found the solution. This was down to a version conflict. I have Tortoise version 1.8 installed on my PC and I was downloading version 1.6 of Subversion.

Solution:

Subversion: SVN E160043. Expected FS format between '1' and '4

svnadmin create --compatible-version 1.6 PATHNAME

Fixed my problem.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:44

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answered Aug 19 '15 at 02:42

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The format of a repository is completely unrelated to the original question about notepad.exe. BTW, don't use SVN 1.6 or 1.7. Both these versions are not supported anymore. Use 1.9 or 1.8. – bahrep Aug 20 '15 at 06:49

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Aug 18 '15 at 13:16

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As far as I know you have to save your message correctly. If you have to work with Windows/OSX parallely, be aware that you have to use different Shortcuts(Windows: Crtl+S OSX: cmd + S). Otherwise it should work, if the server allow access (as you're hopefully the admin)

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answered Aug 18 '15 at 10:54

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@bahrep May be windows security issue or something, Whenever i save using ctrl+s it says "Log message unchanged or not specified" as shown in the screenshot. – Sthita Aug 19 '15 at 01:16

Using Windows Notepad as commit log message editor in Subversion

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