SVN error running context: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host

Question

I\'ve created an SVN repo on my Debian Wheezy build server following this tutorial. svn --version gives 1.6.17.

Sadly, I can\'t commit anymore

Answer 1

I had this problem with a single file while attempting to check in multiple files using Tortoise SVN on Windows 7 x64. Several attempts to commit the file using a variety of different versions of Tortoise SVN and the command-line version of SVN failed.

At the time, my laptop was using my home ISP internet connection. When I later went to work and attempted to commit the failing file from my employer's network, the file was committed without a problem.

I don't know why that was the case, but if you encounter this problem and find your way to this answer through a search engine query, you may want to try again – using a different internet connection. While not a solution to the problem, it may provide a temporary work-around.