svn: E155021: This client is too old to work with the working copy at xxx (format '31')

Question

I am trying to import some gradle projects in my Spring Tool Suite . I have installed Subclipse 1.10.5 in my STS and svn client installed in my machine is 1.8.8 . I have tried d

Answer 1

The working copy has format understandable by SVN 1.8 client, but your client is SVN 1.7 or older.

1. You should double-check what Subclipse / SVNKit / svn.exe client versions you have on your system.

2. Try accessing the working copy from command-line and see whether you get the same error.

Answer 2

Thanks to all for their solution. I was struggling with this issue for couple of days. I had installed old version 1.7 with PC login of Cygwin environment. Later i had to install version 1.9 because i wanted to use svn command. For most of the time i was looking for a file /.bash_profile on my PC or file which would have path usr/local/bin.

But i always found path cygwin/usr/local/bin. I kept neglecting it.

After doing so many trial and error, i took simple chance. Went to Environment Variable PATH, and cut path "C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin\bin" and pasted before "cygwin/usr/local/bin"

And later svn --version detected my latest version 1.9 :)

Answer 3

I had similar issue in my program while checking out code from SVN through my Java program .

TO resolve i closed the eclipse workspace and deleted the folder in which i was checking out the files on my local directory.It worked for me.