"This is not a valid source path / URL" when cloning SVN?

Milan D. September 26, 2012

Hi there!

Ive been using SourceTree for some time and I was satisfied. However, now I receive following warning/error when I try to clone my SVN repository:

"This is not a valid source path / URL"

In details is following info:

user:password:user:password:user:password:abort: 'http://xyz' does not appear to be an hg repository:

---<--- (text/html; charset=UTF-8)

some html markup is here

---<---

!

http authorization required

realm: XYZ Subversion Repository

http authorization required

realm: XYZ Subversion Repository

http authorization required

realm: XYZ Subversion Repository

fatal: http://XYZ/info/refs not found: did you run git update-server-info on the server?

I am running latest version 1.5.3 on Mac OS X 10.8.2.

I tried to clone the SVN repository with another client (Versions) and it was successful.

Can you provide some solution to this problem?

Thanks!

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September 26, 2012

Because SourceTree is primarily a Git and Mercurial client, it doesn't include its own copy of Subversion for inter-operating with legacy Subversion servers like Versions does. Unfortunately in Mountain Lion, Apple removed the in-built version of Subversion that used to be included with OS X, only including Git instead.

Here's how you resolve it: https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/SOURCETREEKB/git-svn+problems+on+Mountain+Lion

Milan D. September 26, 2012

Thanks!

It works now!

jquentin July 1, 2020

I have the same error, except it does it for some of my SVN repos, but others work just fine. All repos are hosted on Assembla.

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