Upgrade TortoiseSVN 1.8 issues

Question

I upgraded TortoiseSVN to 1.8 from 1.7.12 on Windows XP. After that it asked for upgrading of the SVN format.

I tried upgrading, but it keeps asking and the command produce no error. I tried to checkout a new copy from the server, and it keep asking to upgrade.

I reverted to 1.7.12.

How can I fix this problem?

I don't know what happened, but it seems it started upgrading the repository correctly. Is it maybe a problem with the cache?

Answer 1

You may need to reboot after upgrading TortoiseSVN, as described here: SVN Upgrade working copy - TortoiseSVN

That sorted it for me. On reboot, there was a right-click option to Upgrade Working Folder.

Answer 2

The client side format has been changed. (As you've noticed)

Before using Subversion 1.8 with existing working copies, users will be required to run the svn upgrade command to upgrade working copy metadata to the new format. This command may take a while, and for some users, it may be more practical to simply checkout a new working copy.
http://subversion.apache.org/docs/release-notes/1.8.html

According to the notes, you've done it correctly.
- Is there more than one svn.exe in your path? It sounds like an older version was used to upgrade your WC.
- Did you install the command line tools with Tortoise?
- What server version are you using?