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Using SVN in Xamarin Studio on Mac

I'd like to use SVN for my new project in Xamarin Studio on macOS Sierra, but when I want to select a repository all I get is Git. I thought Xamarin Studio supports both Git and SVN out of the box. Is there something I need to install?

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Solution

  • If are using the most recent version of Xamarin Studio (Version 6.2 build 1821) there are issues depending upon what Subversion/svn is installed on your Mac.

    • Help / Open Log Directory

    • Find the most recent Ide.XXXXX.log (i.e. Ide.2017-03-01__06-09-02.log)

    • Review the log for references to Subversion, you just might find the following warning:

      WARNING [2017-03-01 06:09:39Z]: Subversion addin could not load libsvn_client, so it will be disabled.

    If so, file a bug @ https://bugzilla.xamarin.com and use svn from the cmd line or a 3rd-party SVN GUI client...

    Note: I know that having svn v1.9.5_1 installed will cause the most recent Xamarin Studio and Visual Studio for Mac versions to fault on any solution/project loading (even if they do not use SVN) and require the SubVersion AddIn to be disabled (via the Add-in Manager (or Extensions on Visual Studio for Mac).

    Stacktrace:

  at <unknown> <0xffffffff>
  at (wrapper managed-to-native) MonoDevelop.VersionControl.Subversion.Unix.LibApr0.apr_pool_create_ex (intptr&,intptr,intptr,intptr) [0x0000c] in <ec614fb9e74e466baa337de36616d378>:0
  at MonoDevelop.VersionControl.Subversion.Unix.LibApr0.pool_create_ex (intptr&,intptr,intptr,intptr) [0x00000] in /Users/builder/data/lanes/4010/d41b6e51/source/monodevelop/main/src/addins/VersionControl/MonoDevelop.VersionControl.Subversion.Unix/MonoDevelop.VersionControl.Subversion.Unix/LibApr.cs:104