&= nbsp; Hi,

If you want us (or the TortoiseSVN = developers, which have their own list) to resolve your problem you = should explain us how we can reproduce your = problem.

The only explanation you give = us

“It occurred when I was trying to view the difference between 2 = previous revisions of a file in an SVN repository that uses the = svn+ssh:// protocol, on SourceForge”

Doesn’t provide me any information = to reproduce this… nor does it tell me whether this problem is = caused by a bug in TortoiseSVN invoking the Subversion libraries, or in = TortoiseSVN itself. We really need more information to even start = looking

Usually when you would look at two old = versions, you don’t check the working copy… so that might = give the hint that TortoiseSVN accidentally tries to do something in the = wrong location. But we can’t tell.

As you get the error from TortoiseSVN and = we as Subversion project don’t provide direct support for that = projects final releases the request to automatically handle = *their* errors doesn’t really make sense = here.

As far as I know TortoiseSVN handles their = crashes automatically… So somehow they determined that this = isn’t a crash that they want/can handle.

&= nbsp; = Bert

From: Rich = McGrew [mailto:mcgrew_rich@yahoo.com]
Sent: vrijdag 5 = september 2014 10:47
To: = users@subversion.apache.org
Subject: SubVersion crash in = TortoiseSVN 1.8.8

This crash happened in TortoiseSVN 1.8.8, which is based on Apache = SubVersion 1.8.10, both of which are the latest release versions. It = happened on 32-bit Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 3. It = occurred when I was trying to view the difference between 2 previous = revisions of a file in an SVN repository that uses the svn+ssh:// = protocol, on SourceForge. I get this crash very often in TortoiseSVN = 1.8.8 and the error message says to post an email to this email address. = However the error message is exactly the same every time. So I am only = emailing this bug in once even though it keeps happening again and again = and again. Please fix it so I don't have to deal with this annoying bug = anymore. I think the error message = itself,

In = file
'D:\Development\SVN\Releases\TortoiseSVN-1.8.8\ext\subversi= on\subversion\libsvn_wc\wc_db.c'
line 8731: assertion failed = (svn_dirent_is_absolute(local_abspath)),

that error message ought to be more than enough for you to figure out = what went wrong, it says exactly what line of source code has the error, = line 8731 of wc_db.c, and it says what the error is too. Anyway I get = this error ALL THE TIME now so please fix = it.

Also maybe you should have Apache SubVersion automatically report = crash reports to https://drdump.com/ = the way TortoiseSVN does so that users like me don't have to manually = email these crash reports in and so you can get an accurate count of how = often the crashes actually occur. Drdump.com is the new name for = crash-server.com, anyway an explanation of it is on the TortoiseSVN site = here: http://tortoisesvn.net/= crashhandler.html. Automated crash reports would make the program = more stable and allow you to accurately track statistics on each type of = crash to prioritize fixing the most common ones first, and you wouldn't = need people to send in emails of crash reports = anymore.

Here is the crash log:

---------------------------
Subversion = Exception!
---------------------------
Subversion encountered a = serious problem.
Please take the time to report this on the = Subversion mailing list
with as much information as possible about = what
you were trying to do.
But please first search the mailing = list archives for the error message
to avoid reporting the same = problem repeatedly.
You can find the mailing list archives at
http://subversio= n.apache.org/mailing-lists.html

Subversion reported the = following
(you can copy the content of this dialog
to the = clipboard using Ctrl-C):

In = file
'D:\Development\SVN\Releases\TortoiseSVN-1.8.8\ext\subversi= on\subversion\libsvn_wc\wc_db.c'
line 8731: assertion failed = (svn_dirent_is_absolute(local_abspath))
---------------------------OK =
---------------------------

Thanks,

Rich McGrew, open-source = programmer