Question

I checked out a huge project using TortoiseSVN and it worked fine and I can even update it. But when I try to update it using the command line SlikSVN client it tries to access a relative path just short of 255 characters. The absolute path would be much longer than 255 characters.

It stops updating with this error:

svn: Kann Datei »very\long\path\.svn\text-base\LongClassName.java.svn-base« nicht öffnen: The system cannot find the path specified.
The German translates roughly to “Can’t open file”

Is it possible to update this folder from a batch file at all or do I have to use Eclipse with Subversive or TortoiseSVN which seem like they don’t have the 255 character limitation but can’t be used in a batch file?

Answer 1

Try using subst to shorten the path and use svn with the shortened path:

subst X:\ D:\development\projects\yourlongpath\..

I got a similar issue in a recent project and was able to solve it this way.

Edit
To update the project you can use the new mapping:

svn update X:\