Xcode and subversion 1.4 fix

I was unsatisfied to have to revert back to subversion 1.3.2 because Xcode (v2.4) does not yet support the new format of subversion 1.4 .svn/entries file (see my previous blog entry: Xcode and subversion 1.4 incompatibility).

So I wrote a SIMBL plugin that adresses this problem.

1. Download and install SIMBL (Smart InputManager Bundle Loader) if not already installed


2. Download Xcode+svn-1.4 and decompress it


3. Move Xcode+svn-1.4.bundle into ~/Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins


4. Relaunch Xcode, it is now compatible with svn 1.4 :-)

Update: Xcode 2.4.1 addresses this problem so my plugin is not needed anymore.

keywords: Xcode, SCM, subversion, svn, 1.4

Xcode and subversion 1.4 incompatibility

Xcode will unfortunately not work with the latest version of subversion, i.e. version 1.4. The reason behind this dysfunctionment is the new format of the .svn/entries files (see subversion 1.4 release notes). The new format is no more friendly xml. Xcode thus does not find the url=... node and fails with this rather sparse warning: NSScanner: nil string argument.

The solution to this problem is to revert to subversion 1.3.2 until Apple fixes the subversion plugin for Xcode, maybe in the next version.

keywords: Xcode, crash, subversion, svn, 1.4