[SOLVED] svn:// not working but http:// is

Issue

If I try to checkout a repo from a Debian server via svn://example.com/svn/repo I get the following error:

Unable to connect to a repository at URL
'svn://example.com/svn/repo'
No repository found in 'svn://example.com/svn/repo'

I get the same same error when trying to checkout from the server via the shell.

It works if I use "http://example.com/svn/repo" and the repo definitely exists.

svnserve is running as a daemon listening on port 3690 (UDP/TCP).

What am I missing?

Solution

I am pretty sure that you are accessing the wrong URL. Note that the path component of the svn:// URL (srv/repo in your case) is interpreted relative to what you pass to the -r argument of svnserve.

Other possible reasons are:

• svnserve is not configured properly,
• there is a firewall in the way.

Answered By - Oswald