SVN: Branch and reintegrate is not working with updated server

Question

I am working with a Subversion server that was recently upgraded to version 1.7. I am using the command-line Linux client 1.7.10.

I created a branch like this:

%: svn copy svn+ssh://acme.com/a/b/c/trunk svn+ssh://acme.com/a/b/c/branches/ovm_sequencer -m "Feature branch for ovm_sequencer"

After a couple of edits, I tried to reintegrate into the trunk and only ran into problems:

%: svn merge --reintegrate '^/c/branches/ovm_sequencer'
svn: E160013: File not found: revision 1677, path '/c/branches/ovm_sequencer'

%: svn merge --reintegrate svn+ssh://acme.com/a/b/c/branches/ovm_sequencer
svn: E200007: Retrieval of mergeinfo unsupported by 'svn+ssh://acme.com/a/b/c/branches/ovm_sequencer'

What has gone wrong and how can it be fixed?

Answer 1

Two notes:

• ^ in SVN-path means always repository-root, thus ^/c/branches/ovm_sequencer implies "/c/branches/ovm_sequencer" inside repository, while you have (most probably) repository in acme.com/a/b/c path, and URL must be ^/branches/ovm_sequencer

• "Retrieval of mergeinfo unsupported" means one bad fact about your Network|SVN admin - he doesn't read Release Notes for updated software: in order to have mergeinfo supported on server side except updating software for pre-1.5 Subversion to 1.5 or later, repository also must to be upgraded in order to have new format. Topic (very old - from 2008 year) on Collabnet "mergeinfo not supported"

Answer 2

If you are on IntelliJ 13.1 (Build #IU-135.475) and having this problem and your server is not 1.7x yet simply go to your Subversion preferences, presentation tab, un-tick 'Show merge source in history and annotations'.

Answer 3

Upgrade remote repository, not personal checkout (take few seconds):

$ svnadmin upgrade REPOS_PATH

If you worry or have no remote access for converting - dump or sync repository copy by:

$ svnsync initialize --username=XXX --password=YYY $MIRROR $MASTER
$ svnsync synchronize $MASTER

or:

 $ svnadmin dump $MASTER  > svn.dump