How to commit to svn when remote username differs from local?

Question

I am developing on a mac and using an svn server on another machine using svn_ssh.
While I was able to do an initial check-in and check-out, I cannot do a commit from the command line because the system tries to use my local username jondoe (and prompts a password) when connecting to the remote server where my username is johnd.

So, how can I tell the svn+ssh to use johnd for my commits?

Answer 1

1. Backup your changes (just changed files, you mustn't overwrite .svn directory)

2. Checkout again, but now using your remote username

   svn checkout svn+ssh://<ssh_username>@<svn host domain>/<server repository path>
   

3. Restore your changes from backup

4. Commit them

   svn commit -m 'Description'
   

I've just successfuly checked out and committed with different local and SSH usernames.

Answer 2

Use --username option

svn commit --username johnd