Using svn delete in a URL with space character

Question

I' trying to remove a file in a remote repository with a space character.

svn delete -m "Deleting file" "https://svn.xyz.edu/applications/workshop/H Y P W 2011_2.pdf"

I get the error

svn: URL 'https://svn.xyz.edu/applications/workshop/H%2520Y%2520P%2520W%25202011_2.pdf' does not exist

How to resolve this problem and delete the file?

Answer 1

Try:

svn delete -m "Deleting file" "https://svn.xyz.edu/applications/workshop/H%20Y%20P%20W%202011_2.pdf"

which will URL encode the spaces properly.

Answer 2

Try manually inserting the encoded space character:

H+Y+P+W+2011_2.pdf

or

H%20Y%20P%20W%202011_2.pdf

Answer 3

For some reason it appears to be trying to double URI encode the URL. It changes the space to %20, then changes the % to its encoded value %25, giving you %2520.

Try putting the %20 in there yourself:

svn delete -m "Deleting file" "https://svn.xyz.edu/applications/workshop/H%20Y%20P%20W%202011_2.pdf"

Answer 4

why don't you check out the repo and commit the delete?