Problem getting diff information for revXXXX: Unexpected line in overall diff

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Symptoms

Incremental indexing an SVN repository (when using the Native Subversion Client) cause Fisheye to fail with the following error:

2012-06-18 11:31:03,385 ERROR [IncrementalPinger1 <REPOSITORY>] fisheye.app BaseRepositoryScanner-handleSlurpException - Problem processing revisions from repo <REPOSITORY> due to class com.cenqua.fisheye.rep.DbException - Problem getting diff information for revXXXX
com.cenqua.fisheye.rep.DbException: Problem getting diff information for revXXXX
	at com.cenqua.fisheye.svn.SvnRepositoryScanner.slurpRevisionBlock(SvnRepositoryScanner.java:418)
	at com.cenqua.fisheye.rep.RepositoryScanner.processRevisions(RepositoryScanner.java:153)
	at com.cenqua.fisheye.rep.BaseRepositoryScanner.slurpRepository(BaseRepositoryScanner.java:255)
	at com.cenqua.fisheye.rep.BaseRepositoryScanner.doSlurpTransaction(BaseRepositoryScanner.java:223)
	at com.cenqua.fisheye.rep.BaseRepositoryScanner.ping(BaseRepositoryScanner.java:182)
	at com.cenqua.fisheye.rep.BaseRepositoryEngine.doSlurp(BaseRepositoryEngine.java:92)
	at com.cenqua.fisheye.rep.RepositoryEngine.slurp(RepositoryEngine.java:379)
	at com.cenqua.fisheye.rep.ping.OneOffPingRequest.doRequest(OneOffPingRequest.java:28)
	at com.cenqua.fisheye.rep.ping.PingRequest.process(PingRequest.java:67)
	at com.cenqua.fisheye.rep.RepositoryHandle.processPingRequests(RepositoryHandle.java:138)
	at com.cenqua.fisheye.rep.RepositoryHandle.queuePingRequest(RepositoryHandle.java:128)
	at com.cenqua.fisheye.rep.ping.PingRequest.run(PingRequest.java:33)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1110)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:603)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)
Caused by: com.cenqua.fisheye.svn.diff.SvnDiffException: Exception processing diff for revision XXXX
	at com.cenqua.fisheye.svn.diff.DiffProcessor.processMessage(DiffProcessor.java:296)
	at com.cenqua.fisheye.svn.diff.DiffFetcher.process(DiffFetcher.java:64)
	at com.cenqua.fisheye.svn.diff.DiffFetcher.run(DiffFetcher.java:45)
	... 1 more
Caused by: com.cenqua.fisheye.svn.diff.SvnDiffParsingException: Unexpected line in overall diff
	at com.cenqua.fisheye.svn.diff.SvnDiffParser.reportError(SvnDiffParser.java:141)
	at com.cenqua.fisheye.svn.diff.SvnDiffParser.process(SvnDiffParser.java:161)
	at com.cenqua.fisheye.svn.diff.DiffProcessor.processPathSet(DiffProcessor.java:114)
	at com.cenqua.fisheye.svn.diff.DiffProcessor.doCombinedDiffs(DiffProcessor.java:373)
	at com.cenqua.fisheye.svn.diff.DiffProcessor.getRequiredInfo(DiffProcessor.java:320)
	at com.cenqua.fisheye.svn.diff.DiffProcessor.processMessage(DiffProcessor.java:281)
	... 3 more

Cause

This is caused by a problem with the Native Subversion Client.

Resolution

Fisheye's configuration need to be changed to use the bundled SVNKit instead of the Native Subversion Client. This can be done in two different ways:

  • Open <FishEye Installation Directory>/config.xml and remove the following line: 

    <svn-config jar="\subversion\lib\svn-javahl.jar" jnilib="\subversion\lib\libsvnjavahl-1.dll"/>
  • Login to Fisheye and go to: Administration > Global Settings > Server and leave the Subversion Client configuration empty:

 Restart Fisheye after saving all changes.

 

Last modified on Jul 31, 2018

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