Subversion Scan Fails Due to Invalid XML

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Symptoms

While scanning the Subversion server, the following error is reported in logs:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ERROR - SVN Error diffing revision com.cenqua.fisheye.rep.RepositoryClientException: org.tigris.subversion.javahl.ClientException: svn: PROPFIND request failed on '/<repository>/Parser.py' svn: Processing PROPFIND request response failed: Element type "S:executable" must be followed by either attribute specifications, ">" or "/>". (/<repository>//Parser.py) at com.cenqua.fisheye.svn.SvnThrottledClient.info2(FishEye-1.3.6-build-244:72) at com.cenqua.fisheye.svn.diff.DiffProcessor.processSingleDiffs(FishEye-1.3.6-build-244:158) at com.cenqua.fisheye.svn.diff.DiffProcessor.processMessageDiffs(FishEye-1.3.6-build-244:251) at com.cenqua.fisheye.svn.diff.DiffProcessor.processMessage(FishEye-1.3.6-build-244:209) at com.cenqua.fisheye.svn.diff.DiffFetcher.process(FishEye-1.3.6-build-244:62) at com.cenqua.fisheye.svn.diff.DiffFetcher.run(FishEye-1.3.6-build-244:43) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)

Cause

The Subversion repository is generating an invalid XML file.

Resolution

Consult the Subversion administrator; the problem must be resolved from within the repository.

Updated on April 8, 2025

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