Thanks for the reply. I still have some sort of permission problem. I've removed my actual passwords from this transcript. Sorry for my lack of Unix-fu.
Richards-MacBook-Pro:~ richard$ svnsync initialize https://svnbook.googlecode.com/svn/ file:///Users/richard/repo --sync-username richard --sync-password blah --source-username richardcav...@mail.com --source-password blah2 svnsync: warning: W200007: Target server does not support atomic revision property edits; consider upgrading it to 1.7 or using an external locking program Authentication realm: <https://svnbook.googlecode.com:443> Google Code Subversion Repository Username: richardcav...@mail.com Password for 'richardcav...@mail.com': svnsync: E175002: DAV request failed; it's possible that the repository's pre-revprop-change hook either failed or is non-existent svnsync: E175008: At least one property change failed; repository is unchanged svnsync: E175002: Error setting property 'sync-lock': svn: properties may only be changed by project owners. Richards-MacBook-Pro:~ richard$ ----- Original Message ----- From: Thorsten Schöning Sent: 04/03/13 10:01 PM To: users@subversion.apache.org Subject: Re: Can't svnsync due to pre-revprop-change hook Guten Tag Richard Cavell, am Mittwoch, 3. April 2013 um 13:32 schrieben Sie: > Richards-MacBook-Pro:hooks richard$ cat pre-revprop-change The file needs execute permissions, check those. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Thorsten Schöning -- Thorsten Schöning E-Mail:thorsten.schoen...@am-soft.de AM-SoFT IT-Systeme http://www.AM-SoFT.de/ Telefon...........05151- 9468- 55 Fax...............05151- 9468- 88 Mobil..............0178-8 9468- 04 AM-SoFT GmbH IT-Systeme, Brandenburger Str. 7c, 31789 Hameln AG Hannover HRB 207 694 - Geschäftsführer: Andreas Muchow