How to change user credentials in Subclipse?

Question

I am using Subclipse (Subversion integration in Eclipse). I now want to change the user credentials in subclipse. How do I do that? That is to login into subversion using another user account.

Answer 1

Delete, or rename, the Eclipse '.keyring' file in Eclipse's configuration folder. This is where the Subclipse SVNKit connector caches your SVN credentials..

[ECLIPSE INSTALL]\configuration\org.eclipse.core.runtime.keyring

If, on the other hand, you're using the JavaHL connector -- or SVN command-line -- then their credentials are stored in the Subversion runtime config folder. Delete or rename the credential file.

On Windows: %APPDATA%\Subversion\auth
On Linux and OSX: ~/.subversion/auth

Sorry about this pig of complexity, for what should be a real version-control system. :-(

Answer 2

If you want to flush the existing credentials, then look at this answer in the subversion wiki:

http://subclipse.tigris.org/wiki/PluginFAQ#head-d507c29676491f4419997a76735feb6ef0aa8cf8

If you're trying to checkout a repository under a specific username, but the repository is available read-only under a guest account, then there is no solution - you will have to do the checkout using the command line tool. Even TortoiseSVN does not support this use-case.