SVN Checkout issue on remote agent
Asked by Aaron Beauvais:

I setup a remote agent on a Redhat Enterprise 6 box. It attempts to check out the source from the SVN and I get this error...

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| 2-Feb-2012 15:49:05  | Error occurred while running Task 'Checkout Default Repository(1)'. This build will fail. Caused by:                                                                                                             |
| 22-Feb-2012 15:49:05 | java.lang.RuntimeException: com.atlassian.bamboo.repository.RepositoryException: Failed to checkout source code to revision '2615' for [http://svnserver/svn/trunk\</td\<\>\>](http://svnserver/svn/trunk%3C/td) |
| 22-Feb-2012 15:49:05 | at com.atlassian.bamboo.executor.RetryingTaskExecutor.rerun(RetryingTaskExecutor.java:119)                                                                                                                       |
| 22-Feb-2012 15:49:05 | at com.atlassian.bamboo.executor.RetryingTaskExecutor.runTask(RetryingTaskExecutor.java:79)                                                                                                                      |
| 22-Feb-2012 15:49:05 | at com.atlassian.bamboo.executor.RetryingTaskExecutor.retry(RetryingTaskExecutor.java:174)                                                                                                                       |
| 22-Feb-2012 15:49:05 | at com.atlassian.bamboo.plugins.vcs.task.VcsCheckoutTask.execute(VcsCheckoutTask.java:97)                                                                                                                        |
| 22-Feb-2012 15:49:05 | at com.atlassian.bamboo.task.TaskExecutorImpl.executeTasks(TaskExecutorImpl.java:180)                                                                                                                            |
| 22-Feb-2012 15:49:05 | at com.atlassian.bamboo.task.TaskExecutorImpl.executePreparationTasks(TaskExecutorImpl.java:64)                                                                                                                  |
| 22-Feb-2012 15:49:05 | at com.atlassian.bamboo.build.pipeline.tasks.PrepareBuildTask.call(PrepareBuildTask.java:66)                                                                                                                     |
| 22-Feb-2012 15:49:05 | at com.atlassian.bamboo.v2.build.agent.DefaultBuildAgent.build(DefaultBuildAgent.java:202)                                                                                                                       |
| 22-Feb-2012 15:49:05 | at com.atlassian.bamboo.v2.build.agent.BuildAgentControllerImpl.waitAndPerformBuild(BuildAgentControllerImpl.java:103)                                                                                           |
| 22-Feb-2012 15:49:05 | at com.atlassian.bamboo.v2.build.agent.DefaultBuildAgent$1.run(DefaultBuildAgent.java:109)                                                                                                                       |
| 22-Feb-2012 15:49:05 | at com.atlassian.bamboo.build.pipeline.concurrent.NamedThreadFactory$2.run(NamedThreadFactory.java:50)                                                                                                           |
| 22-Feb-2012 15:49:05 | at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:636)                                                                                                                                                                         |
| 22-Feb-2012 15:49:05 | Caused by: com.atlassian.bamboo.repository.RepositoryException: Failed to checkout source code to revision '2615' for [http://svnserver/iTRACS/trunk\</td\<\>\>](http://svnserver/iTRACS/trunk%3C/td)            |
| 22-Feb-2012 15:49:05 | at com.atlassian.bamboo.repository.svn.SvnRepository.checkout(SvnRepository.java:1073)                                                                                                                           |
| 22-Feb-2012 15:49:05 | at com.atlassian.bamboo.repository.svn.SvnRepository.checkout(SvnRepository.java:1095)                                                                                                                           |
| 22-Feb-2012 15:49:05 | at com.atlassian.bamboo.repository.svn.SvnRepository.retrieveSourceCodeWithException(SvnRepository.java:631)                                                                                                     |
| 22-Feb-2012 15:49:05 | at com.atlassian.bamboo.repository.svn.SvnRepository.retrieveSourceCodeWithCleanup(SvnRepository.java:565)                                                                                                       |
| 22-Feb-2012 15:49:05 | at com.atlassian.bamboo.repository.svn.SvnRepository.retrieveSourceCode(SvnRepository.java:507)                                                                                                                  |
| 22-Feb-2012 15:49:05 | at com.atlassian.bamboo.plugins.vcs.task.VcsCheckoutTask.checkoutCode(VcsCheckoutTask.java:153)                                                                                                                  |
| 22-Feb-2012 15:49:05 | at com.atlassian.bamboo.plugins.vcs.task.VcsCheckoutTask.access$100(VcsCheckoutTask.java:41)                                                                                                                     |
| 22-Feb-2012 15:49:05 | at com.atlassian.bamboo.plugins.vcs.task.VcsCheckoutTask$1.call(VcsCheckoutTask.java:102)                                                                                                                        |
| 22-Feb-2012 15:49:05 | at com.atlassian.bamboo.plugins.vcs.task.VcsCheckoutTask$1.call(VcsCheckoutTask.java:98)                                                                                                                         |
| 22-Feb-2012 15:49:05 | at com.atlassian.bamboo.executor.RetryingTaskExecutor.rerun(RetryingTaskExecutor.java:100)                                                                                                                       |
| 22-Feb-2012 15:49:05 | ... 11 more                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 22-Feb-2012 15:49:05 | Caused by: org.tmatesoft.svn.core.SVNException: svn: The path '/home/buildadmin/bamboo-agent-home/xml-data/build-dir' appears to be part of Subversion 1.7 (SVNKit 1.4) or greater                               |
| 22-Feb-2012 15:49:05 | working copy rooted at '/home/buildadmin'.                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 22-Feb-2012 15:49:05 | Please upgrade your Subversion (SVNKit) client to use this working copy.                                                                                                                                         |
| 22-Feb-2012 15:49:05 | at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc.SVNErrorManager.error(SVNErrorManager.java:64)                                                                                                                             |
| 22-Feb-2012 15:49:05 | at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc.SVNErrorManager.error(SVNErrorManager.java:51)                                                                                                                             |
| 22-Feb-2012 15:49:05 | at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc.admin.SVNAdminAreaFactory.checkWCNG(SVNAdminAreaFactory.java:143)                                                                                                          |
| 22-Feb-2012 15:49:05 | at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc.admin.SVNAdminAreaFactory.checkWCNG(SVNAdminAreaFactory.java:145)                                                                                                          |
| 22-Feb-2012 15:49:05 | at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc.admin.SVNAdminAreaFactory.checkWCNG(SVNAdminAreaFactory.java:145)                                                                                                          |
| 22-Feb-2012 15:49:05 | at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc.admin.SVNAdminAreaFactory.checkWCNG(SVNAdminAreaFactory.java:145)                                                                                                          |
| 22-Feb-2012 15:49:05 | at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc.admin.SVNAdminAreaFactory.open(SVNAdminAreaFactory.java:190)                                                                                                               |
| 22-Feb-2012 15:49:05 | at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc.admin.SVNWCAccess.doOpen(SVNWCAccess.java:379)                                                                                                                             |
| 22-Feb-2012 15:49:05 | at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc.admin.SVNWCAccess.open(SVNWCAccess.java:283)                                                                                                                               |
| 22-Feb-2012 15:49:05 | at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc.admin.SVNWCAccess.open(SVNWCAccess.java:276)                                                                                                                               |
| 22-Feb-2012 15:49:05 | at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc.admin.SVNWCAccess.openAnchor(SVNWCAccess.java:156)                                                                                                                         |
| 22-Feb-2012 15:49:05 | at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.wc.SVNUpdateClient.update(SVNUpdateClient.java:512)                                                                                                                                    |
| 22-Feb-2012 15:49:05 | at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.wc.SVNUpdateClient.doCheckout(SVNUpdateClient.java:942)                                                                                                                                |
| 22-Feb-2012 15:49:05 | at com.atlassian.bamboo.repository.svn.SvnRepository.checkout(SvnRepository.java:1069)                                                                                                                           |
| 22-Feb-2012 15:49:05 | ... 20 more                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 22-Feb-2012 15:49:05 | Failed to prepare the build 'V3-V3CLEANNIGHTLYLINUX-COMMONWIN32-11'                                                                                                                                              |


Answers:
author: Przemek Bruski
body: I think you've used a SVN 1.7 command line client on that workspace and it automatically upgraded your workspace. SVN 1.7 workspace format is not yet supported by Bamboo.Remove that directory and everything should work fine. Make sure that you don't use tools that perform working copy update to 1.7.

You can track this improvement request [here](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/BAM-10009)

comments: author: Aaron Beauvais
body: I have already removed SVN 1.7 and put 1.6 on there. I also tried removing all the folders and reinstalled the agent


author: Aaron Beauvais
body: Got it resolved. There was a .svn folder higher up in the hierarchy


author: ArmenA
body: For the record, I just saw a similar issue:

```
Error occurred while running Task 'Checkout Default Repository(1)'. This build will fail. Caused by:error26-Feb-2013 10:12:33java.lang.RuntimeException: com.atlassian.bamboo.repository.RepositoryException: Failed to checkout source code to revision
```

Deleting the bamboo repository and recreating it helped.

Armen