svn: E155021: This client is too old to work with

Question

I am trying to import some gradle projects in my Spring Tool Suite . I have installed Subclipse 1.10.5 in my STS and svn client installed in my machine is 1.8.8 . I have tried downgrading to 1.7.10 on my mac but still I get the same problem while importing .

For others SVN 1.7.10 and Subclipse 1.10.5 seems to work fine but in my machine I am getting the error

svn: E155021: This client is too old to work with the working copy at
  '/Users/agarg/Documents/Mars/trunk' (format '31')

Stuck here for some time now and unable to resolve this . Tried a lot of things as I found over the net but still stuck.

Answer 1

Easiest way:
1. execute which -a svn in terminal;
2. modify the enviroment file(like ~/.bash_profile), and use the older version svn;
3. checkout svn code with your older svn;
4. import it into your IDE;
5. DONE.

Answer 2

I had this same issue on OSX. I have been able to upgrade the SVN by following the step by step guide here:

URL: http://andowebsit.es/blog/noteslog.com/post/how-to-upgrade-subversion-on-osx/

First check which svn version you have:

$ svn --version
  svn, version 1.7.17 (r1591372)
  compiled Aug  7 2014, 17:03:25
  ...

Seems like its old version, so update it.

$ brew update
$ brew install subversion

This will take some seconds to install. Now check how many svn you have. You will see the another entry belew.

$ which -a svn
 /usr/bin/svn
 /usr/local/bin/svn

Edit the ~/.bash_profile with

export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH"

And then

$ source ~/.bash_profile

$ svn --version
svn, version 1.8.10 (r1615264)
compiled Aug 25 2014, 10:57:58 on x86_64-apple-darwin13.3.0
...

Now you will see the SVN verison is upgraded from 1.7 to 1.8.

Answer 3

Same problem here (SVN 1.8 client on W7, STS 3.6.3, eclipse-plugin: subversive SVN Team provider 1.1.x and SVNKit Implementation 3.0.x).

Upgrading (in STS) the SVN Team provider to 2.03.x and SVNKit to 4.1.2 solved the problem.

Answer 4

I had similar issue in my program while checking out code from SVN through my Java program .

TO resolve i closed the eclipse workspace and deleted the folder in which i was checking out the files on my local directory.It worked for me.

Answer 5

The working copy has format understandable by SVN 1.8 client, but your client is SVN 1.7 or older.

1. You should double-check what Subclipse / SVNKit / svn.exe client versions you have on your system.

2. Try accessing the working copy from command-line and see whether you get the same error.

Answer 6

If you definitely have svn installed and running at the correct version you want, this error means the metadata in your project refers to an older version of subversion. Upgrade it by following this guide: http://www.robsearles.com/2008/12/svn-client-is-too-old-to-work-with-working-copy-solution-using-rsync/