Using SVN in Eclipse with a proxy

Are you getting errors about the “RA layer request failed” and “svn: PROPFIND request failed on ..”, followed by an error about not being able to connect to the SVN server? Well, here is what to do:

  • Install the latest Subclipse plugin for Eclipse. Read the manual at Subclipse
  • Set the right proxy settings at the Subversive-config-file (usuallylocated at C:\Documents and Settings\MyUserId\Application Data\Subversion\servers). At the bottom of the file you’ll find http-proxy-host and http-proxy-port. Uncomment these lines and set the right values. Save this file and restart your Eclipse environment.

For me it worked perfectly. Hope this will be useful for you too.

One Comment

  • John Sewinsky
    29 Jan 2010 | Permalink |

    Thanks for this short overview. Took me a lot of time to find this out.

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