`svn checkout` fails with the “cannot run program” “cannot find the file specified” error

Question

I'm Checking a sample in google code. It requested me to checkout the source using SVN Checkout. Sine I am using Android Studio, I used the Subversion checkout options in VCS-->Checkout from version control-->Subversion. Howerver I encountered an error. Is their something I have done wrong?

Checking out google sourcecode.

Error = 2

As you can see in this, picture you can see the folders and of course the sources but how come it could not find it?

Answer 1

The error Cannot load supported formats: Cannot run program "svn": Create process error=2, The system cannot find the file specified indicates that Android Studio / IntelliJ IDEA can't locate Subversion 1.8 command-line client on your machine. Follow these steps to solve the issue:

1. Make sure that you use the latest version of Android Studio IDE.
2. Make sure that command-line svn.exe 1.8 client is installed on your system. You can get one at http://www.visualsvn.com/downloads/
3. Add the command-line client to %PATH% environment variable.
4. Restart Android Studio.

You may want to read the related blog post about the same issue with IntelliJ IDEA: http://blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2013/12/subversion-1-8-and-intellij-idea-13/

Answer 2

None of the answers here were working for me, though they were on the right track. This was the solution for me:

• Download SVN command line tool from http://www.visualsvn.com/downloads/ as bahrep mentioned. Stick the binaries somewhere.

• In IDEA: File > Settings > Version Control > Subversion > And then...

• Make sure "Use command line client" is checked and select the path of your SVN.EXE.

By default, the path was simply set as svn. I had to change it to c:\wherever\i\put\it\svn.exe