How to configure HTTP proxy for svn

Question

I want to check the code from the repository http://code.sixapart.com/svn/perlbal/ . I can only access the repository URL by setting a proxy server. I assume that if I want to get the code from the same URL using svn, I also need to configure a proxy server. So can any of you tell me how to configure an HTTP proxy in svn?

By the way, I am using svn client interface under Linux.

Answer 1

You saw an entry in the FAQ. What if I am for a proxy?

... edit the "servers" configuration file to indicate which proxy to use. The location of the files depends on your operating system. On Linux or Unix, it is located in the ~ / .subversion directory. On Windows, this is "% APPDATA% \ Subversion". (Try "echo% APPDATA%", note that this is a hidden directory.)

For me, this involves uncommenting and setting up the following lines:

 #http-proxy-host=my.proxy #http-proxy-port=80 #http-proxy-username=[username] #http-proxy-password=[password] 

Answer 2

You can find instructions here . Basically you just add

 [global] http-proxy-host = ip.add.re.ss http-proxy-port = 3128 http-proxy-compression = no 

to ~ / .subversion / servers file

Answer 3

On Windows 7, you may need to edit this file.

C: \ Users \ <username> \ AppData \ Roaming \\ Subversion servers

 [global] http-proxy-host = ip.add.re.ss http-proxy-port = 3128 

Answer 4

There are two general approaches for this:

• Specify http-proxy- parameters in the file /etc/.subversion/servers or% APPDATA% \ Subversion \ servers ,

• Use the --config-option command-line --config-option to specify the same http-proxy- on the same command line that you run. For example,

   svn checkout ^ --config-option servers:global:http-proxy-host=<PROXY-HOST> ^ --config-option servers:global:http-proxy-port=<PORT> <REPO-URL> <LWC-DIR> 

If you are on Windows, you can also write http-proxy- settings to the Windows registry . This is quite convenient if you need to apply proxy settings in an Active Directory environment using Group Policy Objects.

Answer 5

In TortoiseSVN, you can configure the proxy server under "Settings"> "Network"

Answer 6

Most * nixen understand the http_proxy environment variable when executing web requests.

 export http_proxy=http://my-proxy-server.com:8080/ svn co http://code.sixapart.com/svn/perlball/ 

gotta do the trick. Most HTTP libraries validate these (and other) environment variables.