Google Code SVN checkin error

Question

I am getting the following error when trying to check in my code:

$> sudo svn commit --username <my username>
   svn: Commit failed (details follow):
   svn: access to '/svn/!svn/act/<a guid>' forbidden

It is a new project. I have read lots about casing, but I have simply coppied the checkout statement from the Goggle Code website and added a folder.

I am running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with SVN version 1.6.17 from the terminal.

Thank you all very much for your help,

Richard Hughes

Do you have more details about the command line you're trying to execute? — Yannick Blondeau, Jun 26 '12 at 12:38
Do you have the same error message when calling `svn status`? — Yannick Blondeau, Jun 26 '12 at 12:44
That gives me: A trunk 'trunk' being the folder I am checking in — rhughes, Jun 26 '12 at 12:45
Can you try to run a `svn cleanup` first? And what output do you have with an `svn update`? — Yannick Blondeau, Jun 26 '12 at 12:48
Have you verified that you have write permissions and that you have entered your username and password correctly? — crashmstr, Jun 26 '12 at 13:02
I should have write permissions as I created the project on Google Code. The username and password are as they are given on Google Code — rhughes, Jun 26 '12 at 13:03

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:09

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Looking at answers to this question and this one, I would say you should verify the casing used when you first checked out the repository.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:09

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answered Jun 26 '12 at 12:57

Yannick Blondeau

I don't understand what this means to be honest, as I simply coppied the SVN checkout command from the Google Code page – rhughes Jun 26 '12 at 12:58
Can you give the link to this page? – Yannick Blondeau Jun 26 '12 at 12:59
You won't be able to commit changes using an anonymous account as it is stated on the page you've mentionned: `# Non-members may check out a read-only working copy anonymously over HTTP.` BTW, if you are the project owner, try to remove `superfarm-read-only` from the command line... – Yannick Blondeau Jun 26 '12 at 13:02
I'm not sure if you can see it, but there is also another box above that one with this: svn checkout https://superfarm.googlecode.com/svn/ superfarm --username – rhughes Jun 26 '12 at 13:05
Did you add any file or folder before trying to commit? – Yannick Blondeau Jun 26 '12 at 13:07
let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/13052/discussion-between-yannick-blondeau-and-rhughes) – Yannick Blondeau Jun 26 '12 at 13:09
The reason for the error was the email address I was using was not added as a project owner - the @gmail.com account was rather than my actual account. Thanks to Yannick Blondeau for the help! – rhughes Jun 26 '12 at 13:16

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