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I have a subversion externals entry in a library folder which looks like this:

Z https://svn/Z/trunk/library/Z

Fetching external item into '/home/releases/50/library/Z' 
svn: OPTIONS of 'http://svn/repo/trunk/library/Z': could not connect to server (http://svn)

The externals URL was the same, but over the HTTP protocol. Having changed the externals to point to the HTTPS, I can't figure out why subversion is still trying to use the old URL.

Does subversion cache the externals path, and if so how can I clear this? If not, what else could be causing this?

I can check out from the correct (HTTPS) URL fine from the server.

NOTE: svn is an entry in the server's local hosts file, pointing to our subversion server's IP.

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Change into /home/releases/50/library/Z and run svn info. I suspect you will find that it is still reporting the old repository root http://svn/repo/.

I believe you have two options. Just delete Z and do an svn update, which will retrieve a new copy using the updated externals. This may be the easiest if you don't have any un-versioned and un-committed stuff in that directory.

Or change into the directory and perform a relocate.

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  • Thanks for your answer. I don't actually have a working copy, as the checkout fails - that's the most frustrating thing!
    – David Snabel-Caunt
    Jan 13, 2011 at 10:33
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Hopefully this answer will help someone else.

I had actually changed the externals in the root of my project, where an entry existed as follows:

library/Z [url]

and added the new one in the externals for library.

Unfortunately I hadn't commit the very root of the project somehow and this externals entry had priority over the one in the library folder.

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  • Ah, thats weird. Do you really need it defined in two locations? You might save yourself some confusion in the future if you only have it defined in one place.
    – Zoredache
    Jan 13, 2011 at 17:49
  • No, I just need it defined in one place. My mistake was in not actually committing the externals change in the very root. You are right though, it was very confusing!
    – David Snabel-Caunt
    Jan 16, 2011 at 0:30

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