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Thorsten S.
Thorsten S.

Reputation: 4274

Local subversion repository accessible in TortoiseSVN, forgot password, password storage location empty ? How to retrieve the data?

Strange thing....
I forgot my Subversion password, but can still access the Repository (browsing) via my IDE (Intellij) and TortoiseSVN 1.7.12. TSvnPwd has been used, but could not find anything, so I explored the supposed save location under C:/<user>/AppData/Roaming/Subversion/auth which contains only directories (svn.simple, svn.ssl*) which are empty, the only exception is a file under svn.username.The .svn directory is empty, too, so both hints from this link retrieving it the standard way are not working.

I am quite perplexed now, I wanted to migrate to Git, but without the password I am at a loss. Is there a default password or something similar ? Is there a way to retrieve my complete repository if I can access it with Tortoise ?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 182

Answers (1)

Lazy Badger
Lazy Badger

Reputation: 97282

Local (really local) Subversion repository, accesses using file:/// protocol doesn't have and can't have any ACL's restriction - it's fully anonymous

.svn directory doesn't correlate with repository per se - it's part of Working Copy of (any) repository, contain pristine copy of files in Working Copy and doesn't store any authorisation's credentials

Upvotes: 1

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