Summary
Subversion working copies 1.6 and earlier are no longer supported, and it is now required to use a command-line svn client for integration with Subversion.
Note that Subversion allows using higher working copy formats with an older server, so even if you have 1.6 svn server, you could use 1.7 or 1.8 working copy. If for some reasons you still need to use the 1.6 working copy format and cannot update it, please comment on the request.
What happened?
In 2018.1 the SVNKit library has been removed from the IntelliJ platform, resulting in the above changes. There are several reasons for SVNKit removal, including the following:
- SVNKit is a third-party library and we cannot resolve some outstanding issues it has.
- SVNKit is used automatically when no command line client is installed, so a user could be forced to check out in an older format when checking out via the IntelliJ platform.
- SVN 1.6 is no longer supported by Apache Foundation, and the corresponding working copy format usage has also significantly decrease
Previous versions of IntelliJ IDEs supported Subversion copy formats 1.6 (and earlier), 1.7 and 1.8. Working with 1.6 and 1.7 was possible without using command-line svn client, via built-in SVNKit.
If your current working copy format is 1.6, after updating to IntelliJ 2018.1 you will need to upgrade the working copy to a higher version, using the Upgrade action on the Subversion Working Copies tab. You might also need to install a command-line svn client, e.g., command-line tools of TortoiseSVN on Windows. Using latest version is recommended.
SVNKit simply provides a Java implementation of SVN Integration, and standalone command line clients support all the same features as SVNKit does. They also share the same configs by default, so it should not force you to reconfigure much. If you have any issues setting up SVN integration to work with svn client, please contact technical support.
Library removal affects platform plugins, please see the Platform blog post for details.
Thanks for this such nice information you might also need to install a command-line svn client, command-line tools of TortoiseSVN on Windows. Using latest version is recommended.
Using latest TortoiseSVN version didn’t solve my issue. I’m using TortoiseSVN 1.7. Compatible with my svn server (1.7)
And what exactly the issue is? Any errors?
Check the Subversion Working Copies tab of the Version control toolwindow and make sure all working copies and their format are correctly displayed
I have problems browsing my repository located on a local drive file:///D:/subversion/brj_sources
When i want to acces a subfolder in the repositor i get a SVN-Error E020024
Does it work in the command-line? E.g. with svn ls
Was this change in the release notes for 2018.1? Browser searches for “svn” or “subversion” didn’t turn it up.
So if I am using an svn 1.6 server, can I upgrade my local working copy safely? What I mean is having upgraded my local working copy, when I commit through IntelliJ Idea 2018.1 will it not break things on the svn 1.6 server?
Yes, you could have 1.7 or 1.8 working copy format locally and commit safely.
In my previous comment I should have also mention that I am on Windows and already have Tortoise SVN 1.9.7 installed, so I assume IntelliJ Idea 2018.1 would be using that?
If you have command line tools of TortoiseSVN installed, you could use it. Make sure svn.exe is either available via the PATH variable, or configured by a full path in the IDE Settings
hello, svn+ssh works fine in linux, but using tortoisesvn+ssh and windows is a nightmare. it keeps asking for password all the time, the only solution i could find is key based authentication + pageant. is it possible to make it work with password based authentication (asked once and valid until idea is closed) without storing the password in cleartext in the tunnels section of the config file?
The password should be saved by IDE, but you just need to use the command-line ssh. If there is a GUI prompt, IDE can’t help. So make sure you use command line ssh client.
Please submit a ticket to support if you need assistance.
There also appears to be a bug there – see https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-190831
i apologize, this probably belongs elsewhere, but u were right. in the end, i had to install also the openssh client, i couldn’t make it work with plink nor tortoiseplink. tested with the newest version 2018.1.3…
thx