Before I gave up last night in frustration, I sent off an email to tech support, essentially asking them why updating subversion works via command line, but fails when used in a post commit.
I got an email back, and the essence of the problem was that I can’t do what I was trying to do. (That being said, I already did it in three other places…so…???). But the solution was simple, and relatively painless. After writing a short CGI script, setting some permissions, and changing a line in the post commit file.
Total time spent: 8+ hours.
Time spent after email from tech support: 12 minutes.
So yes, sometimes it is as simple as talking to tech support.
About jakimfett
I have been working with computers for over a decade. I was a computer lab administrator for a number of years, I am familiar with Microsoft and Unix based operating systems, and have worked as a Geek Squad Agent. In addition, I have been designing and administrating websites for the last half a dozen years. I started out programming straight HTML, but for the last year and a half have been studying PHP and SQL in the pursuit of my Information Systems degree. My programming environment of choice is PHP code combined with a MySQL backend, formatted using CSS. I also posses a solid working knowledge of Wordpress and have developed a number of custom plugins, themes, and widgets for that framework.
