How to commit to svn when remote username differs from local?

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I am developing on a mac and using an svn server on another machine using svn_ssh.
While I was able to do an initial check-in and check-out, I cannot do a commit from the command line because the system tries to use my local username jondoe (and prompts a password) when connecting to the remote server where my username is johnd.

So, how can I tell the svn+ssh to use johnd for my commits?

ks1322 · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-21 16:39:24Z

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Use --username option

svn commit --username johnd

answered Nov 21, 2011 at 16:39

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lost baby Over a year ago

Thanks but that yields another error: svn commit --username johnd svn: Commit failed (details follow): svn: system('vim svn-commit.tmp') returned 256 svn: Your commit message was left in a temporary file: svn: '/Users/johndoe/development/Myapp/svn-commit.tmp'

David W. Over a year ago

@Calgacus - I have a Mac, and use the same sort of syntax to set the Subversion user name. When you give it --username, it should have asked for a password. You can also pass a password via the --password parameter. I wonder if the problem you got is with the vim command and not with the svn command itself. Try svn commit --user johnd -m "commit description" which bypasses vim for entering the commit message.

ks1322 Over a year ago

@Calgacus: looks like svn failed to find your default editor. Either set EDITOR or SVN_EDITOR environment variables appropriately or pass commit message by -m option. See also this question.

Mahmoud Over a year ago

If it's that easy, why some people create a dedicated system user just for committing to a svn repository?

isnot2bad · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-04 16:47:33Z

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Backup your changes (just changed files, you mustn't overwrite .svn directory)

Checkout again, but now using your remote username

svn checkout svn+ssh://<ssh_username>@<svn host domain>/<server repository path>

Restore your changes from backup
Commit them
```
svn commit -m 'Description'
```

I've just successfuly checked out and committed with different local and SSH usernames.

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answered Nov 21, 2011 at 16:20

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lost baby Over a year ago

Thanks but it gives the error: svn: Must give local path (not URL) as the target of a commit. I tried like this: svn commit -m 'Summary of changes' . svn+ssh://my-username@my-server/my-home/my-repo just using . for myfiles

lost baby Over a year ago

ok that seems to have worked but I'll repost here if I start getting the same error later. I had to modify your instructions to get it to work as when I did the checkout it failed saying that 'Myapp is already a working copy for a different URL'. so I just moved the Myapp dir to MyappXYZ and then your suggestion worked. I had thought of doing it this way but was hoping not to as I suspect the error will recur as this is pretty much the same way I originally checked out my project. Thanks.

dave4420 · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-23 14:58:50Z

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In your ~/.ssh/config, add a section like this:

Host svn.example.com
User johnd

Replace svn.example.com with the hostname of the svn server.

This will work for all ssh connections, not just subversion-related ones.

See also the manual page ssh_config, which you may be able to read by running man ssh_config in a shell.

answered Nov 23, 2011 at 14:58

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