[Cod-bugs] problem in importing COD repositories using SVN

[Saulius Gražulis]

Hi, Ramamohan, Antanas,

On 2019-10-19 13:32, Antanas Vaitkus wrote:
> the COD SVN repository is world readable, that is, it can be downloaded
> by anyone without requiring a login or a password.
> The issue is most likely caused by the TortoiseSVN client application,
> however, this is not something we can advise you on
> since we normally use the command-line version of the SVN client.

> On Sat, 19 Oct 2019 at 13:18, R V Ramamohan
> <ramamohan.ramachandrula at gmail.com
> <mailto:ramamohan.ramachandrula at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Dear COD team,
> 
>     I am a first user of COD trying to retrieve / import the COD
>     repository using TortoiseSVN.
> 
>     When I entered  'svn://www.crystallography.net/cod
>     <http://www.crystallography.net/cod>' in the import window of
>     TortoiseSVN, it is able to connect with the repository but asks for
>     a LOGIN and PASSWORD.

Just guessing:

One of the problems could be if you really used the "import" function of
your SVN client. The "import" function is meant to import *your*
existing project into a Subversion repository
(http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.tour.importing.html#svn.tour.importing.import),
and, since it attempts to write into the repository, you need
username/password do do this with the COD. You should not do this.

To fetch a copy of the COD you need to invoke a "checkout" function on
your client
(http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.ref.svn.c.checkout.html).

Please have a look at the „Version Control with Subversion“ book
(http://svnbook.red-bean.com/) if you have not done so yet; it is a very
good introduction onto Subversion and version control in general.

Sincerely yours,
Saulius

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