How to save password when using Subversion from the console

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john mcdonald picture john mcdonald · May 24, 2010 · Viewed 153.6k times · Source

I was wondering if there is a way to save my Subversion password when doing svn operations from the console. The console is the only option that I have. When I try to do any Subversion action, e.g. svn commit, it prompts for the account password every time. Is there a way to save this password somehow so that I don't have to retype it every time?

Answer

Michael Mrozek picture Michael Mrozek · May 24, 2010

In ~/.subversion/config, you probably have store-passwords = no. Change it to yes (or just comment it out because it defaults to yes), and the next time you give Subversion your password it should save it.

You might want to ensure that the owner and permissions of ~/.subversion/config are correct (no public or group access; 600).

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