XCode 4 (Assembla) SVN Repository “Unable to load revisions”

Question

I\'ve been trying unsuccessfully to connect to an https assembla svn repository with the new xcode 4 IDE for an iPhone project I\'m working on.

I was able to connect

Answer 1

Try this: http://forum.assembla.com/forums/2-Subversion/topics/2881-SVN-don-t-remember-my-credentials#post_9172

This helps me with same issue

Answer 2

There is another change in xcode 4 that can contribute to svn connectivity problems and that is that the name lookup for host names only uses a dns lookup and will not see any hosts in the /etc/host file. This impacts more than svn connectivity. An example is in the iphone simulator if you are attempting to connect to a local (not in dns but in the /etc/host file) system you will not be able to see it. This would imply that issues around name lookup would impact other areas like git … The workaround is very gross you must use ip addresses in the URI. Unfortunately the xcode team decided it would be unimportant to surface this information either in the docs or in some type of error log or message. A simple test is if you can ping the host but nslookup cannot find it then xcode will also not be able to see it.

Answer 3

I resolved this issue simply replacing the IP address with the NetBios name.

Answer 4

There are a lot of links, but no solution posted directly here, so I'll do it.

The reason Xcode4 does this is that it tries to log you into the SVN server with your mac credentials. When that fails, it basically just hangs and fails. The best solution I've seen so far is this:

open a terminal

If you don't have the project out do this:

>svn checkout SERVER_PATH FOLDER_PATH_TO_PUT_THE_PROJECT

It will then ask you for password for the mac username, you just write anything or nothing and press enter.

it will then fail and ask you for a username. Enter the correct one and then the password when it asks.

The project will be checked out, but you can just close the terminal window and delete the folder again if you want. Xcode4 will now connect without a hitch. :)

Answer 5

I had a similar problem; was working in XCode 3 blah blah...

I followed all the instructions here and here but still it was hanging.

The problem was that my svn username and my mac OS username and password were the same. Once I'd changed the name of my svn user it worked!

Hope this prevents anyone else spending a day's work on this

Answer 6

Solution found! I followed the instructions on the page, and it cleared up all my issues: http://plainoldstan.blogspot.com/2011/03/xcode-4svn-could-not-authenticate-to.html

Essentially, it seems that Subversion or Xcode was caching a wrong username/password combo.