your svn client is too old error, how to fix it?

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I'm fairly new to svn, and have installed the fink svn client for mac. I have used this for quite soe time, and suddenly it tells me that my client is too old to browse this repository.

In between uses of the fink client, I have also used a GUI application called svnx, but now that I wanted to use the command line tool again, it keeps giving me this error, even after redownloading fink.

has svnx changed any config that fink may be using? Have you removed svnx? — diagonalbatman, Sep 20 '11 at 11:55
I'm using mac osx 10.5 on this laptop, so using fink 0.9.0 svnx version: 0.9.13 — bigblind, Sep 20 '11 at 12:00

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 20 '11 at 11:59

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To fix the problem you need to refetch your repository from scratch using the client that you will use later on.

answered Sep 20 '11 at 11:59

Andrey Adamovich

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 20 '11 at 14:58

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You can use this python script (change-svn-wc-format.py) to downgrade your local repository.

answered Sep 20 '11 at 14:58

Cédric Julien

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 20 '11 at 12:03

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It's not a nice fix, but just making a new directory, and doing a checkout there worked fine. strange because I removed all files from the directory I tried to checkout into, (yes, also the hidden "." files)

answered Sep 20 '11 at 12:03

bigblind

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your svn client is too old error, how to fix it?

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