SVN upgrade working copy

Question

I cannot do a SVN commit. I get this error:

org.apache.subversion.javahl.ClientException: The working copy needs to be upgraded
svn: Working copy 'C:\.... is too old (format 10, created by Subversion 1.6)

How can it be fixed?

Answer 1

With AnkhSVN in Visual Studio, there's also an "Upgrade Working Copy" option under the context menu for the solution in the Solution Explorer (when applicable).

Answer 2

If you're getting this error from Netbeans (7.2+) then it means that your separately installed version of Subversion is higher than the version in netbeans. In my case Netbeans (v7.3.1) had SVN v1.7 and I'd just upgraded my SVN to v1.8.

If you look in Tools > Options > Miscellaneous (tab) > Versioning (tab) > Subversion (pane), set the Preferred Client = CLI, then you can set the path the the installed SVN which for me was C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin.

More can be found on the Netbeans Subversion Clients FAQ.

Answer 3

On MacOS:

1. Get the latest compiled SVN client binaries from here.
2. Install.
3. Add binaries to path (the last installation screen explains how).
4. Open terminal and run the following command on your project directory:

   svn upgrade

Answer 4

This problem due to that you try to compile project that has the files of OLder SVN than you currently use.

You have two solutions to resolve this problem

1. to install the version 1.6 SVN to be compatible with project SVN files
2. try to upgrade the project ..( not always working ).