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Asked: 2026-05-11T22:01:28+00:00

I’m trying to set up my first repository on my host and am getting

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I’m trying to set up my first repository on my host and am getting this error when I use TortoiseSVN to checkout the project:

Error: OPTIONS of http://mywebsite.example/svn/myproject: 200 OK (http://mywebsite.example)

Here is what I did:

  1. SSH into my host and head to /home/myaccnt and ‘svnadmin create svn’

  2. Create my project repository: ‘svn mkdir svn/myproject’

  3. Add files to the repository: cd /home/myaccnt/.../myproject (which has /tags, /branch, /trunk); ‘svn import file:///home/myaccnt/svn/myproject’ (the big old list of files being added is seen at this point.)
    At this point I think that I’ve setup my repository and imported my project into the repository. So, I’m ready to checkout using TortoiseSVN on my Windows box. So:

  4. In the folder I’d like to checkout to, I right click and SVN Checkout, and then make sure my URL is: http://mywebsite.example/svn/myproject

Result?

Error: OPTIONS of http://mywebsite.example/svn/myproject: 200 OK (http://mywebsite.example)

Anyone have any thoughts for me? I’m likely missing something fundamental with the structure of my repository or htaccess… or something.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Apparently, this is more a restriction issue by my host, and I am working with them to resolve it.

    Thanks, 1800.

    BTW, the answer here was that my host, A2 Web Hosting, requires that SVN be handled via SSH using a public_key and configuring, in my case, TortoiseSVN to do the job. It was sort of funky for someone who has just a little experience setting up keys, but it was pretty satisfying once it was done!

    You can find information about SVN on the A2 host in their support wiki.

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