2008
11.10

Subclipse-SVN in Eclipse-Cannot Create Tunnel

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Select the SVNkit

If you have problems using Subclipse inside of Eclipse and get an error message containing “cannot create tunnel” you might want to change the SVN interface you are using. For some reason JavaHL (JNI) does not always work. I have not figured out why but the problem disappears when using SVNKit. If you want to fix this open Eclipse, and open the menu illustrated above (Window->Preferences->Team->SVN) and change the setting. This has at lest solved my problems with SVN over SSH. The only problem is that it is at least two years since I last had to fix this and I had totally forgot …

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  1. amy said: 2009.02.22 22:00

    thank you – this was a ton of help

  2. Øyvind Hauge said: 2009.02.23 23:29

    Glad it could help you Amy. Eclipse and SVN is really a versatile combination.

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