Subversion SVNKIT not working in Jenkins

Question

I’m trying to build a job and I’m getting the following error

ERROR: svn: The path '/var/lib/jenkins/jenkins/jobs/kobv-albert-commons' appears to \
   be part of Subversion 1.7 (SVNKit 1.4) or greater working copy rooted at \
   '/var/lib/jenkins/jenkins'.

Someone please help me out!

Answer 1

Have you tried svn upgrade and svn update?

Comments

Yesss but it doesn’t work

Answer 2

Jenkins doesn't use the installed Subversion command line client and doesn't even need it. Instead, it uses SVNKit to checkout and working directory. Your error is that it tried to do an update, but sees the wrong version

Follow these steps:

-go to manage Jenkins

-go to configure system

-you’ll find a subversion section and it allows you to adjust your working copy format

There was a big change in the Subversion working copy format from version 1.6 to 1.7. Apparently, something you did created a Subversion 1.6 version of the working copy. Change the SVNKit plugin to version 1.6, and clean the workspace.

Comments

To clean the workspace, have a look at @Bekir's comment here:

https://www.edureka.co/community/13809/subversion-svnkit-working-with-jenkins?show=31764#c31764