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How to make Subclipse (0.9.30) use JavaSVN library

Though JavaSVN is not yet fully integrated into Subclipse as an extension, you may already try it with Subclipse. Perform the following easy steps to make Subclipse and JavaSVN work together.

With Eclipse Update Manager (tested with Eclipse 3.1M6, WinXP):

Add http://tmate.org/svn/ as an update site to Eclipse Update Manager.
Use Help | Software Updates | Find and Install in main menu.
Install "JavaSVN Subclipse Extension" feature.

HTTP proxy setup

Define your proxy port and host in Eclipse Install/Update preferences page.

Additional proxy settings may be defined in ECLIPSE_HOME/configuration/config.ini file: http.proxyUser      user name if proxy needs authentication
http.proxyPassword  password if proxy needs authentication
http.nonProxyHosts  , or | delimited host names that should bypass proxy

SVN+SSH authentication with private key

JavaSVN uses pure java JSCH library to establish SSH connection. This library supports only SSH version 2, with password or private key authentication. Using password authentication is not a problem with Subclipse, but currently it doesn't provide a way to define private key and passphrase for private key authentication. You may use the following properties to let JavaSVN know about your private key and passphrase (you need to provide these properties when starting Eclipse):

$ eclipse -vmargs -Djavasvn.ssh2.key=/path/to/private/key/file \
-Djavasvn.ssh2.username=userName -Djavasvn.ssh2.passphrase=optionalPassphrase

Note: User name for ssh connection will be taken from SVN Repository properties that may be altered in Subclipse SVN Repositories view.

To avoid special batch script creation to launch Eclipse you may define ssh related properties in Eclipse config.ini file ECLIPSE_HOME/configuration/config.ini (tip provided by Andrew Berman):

  ...
  javasvn.ssh2.key=path/to/private/key/file
  javasvn.ssh2.passphrase=passphrase
  javasvn.ssh2.username=username

In case you work with Mac OS X version of Eclipse it is not too simple to add arguments that make JSCH look for private key file at launch. Instead of command line arguments you can modify Eclipse.app/Contents/Info.plist last array of keys adding something like that (tip provided by Valentin Alekseev):

<array>
  ...
   <string>-Djavasvn.ssh2.key=/path/to/key/file</string>
</array>

Making SvnAnt use JavaSVN

Step-by-step instructions:

Delete existing javahl.jar and svnClientAdapter.jar (libraries distirbuted with the svnant) from your Ant classpath (ANT_HOME/lib/ directory).
Download latest version of JavaSVN library. You will need javasvn.jar file from the library distribution.
Get patched version of svnClientAdapter.jar (version 0.9.13).
Put javasvn.jar and svnClientAdapter-0.9.13.jar files on your Ant classpath (ANT_HOME/lib/ directory).

After performing the steps above svnant will use JavaSVN instead of JavaHL bindings.

If you have any questions regarding JavaSVN, would like to report a bug or contribute a patch, please write to support@tmatesoft.com