Authorization error when using Google Code and TortoiseSVN

Question

I want to commit my project to https://code.google.com, but TortoiseSVN gives the following error:

authorization failed: Could not authenticate to server: rejected Basic challenge (https://personal-domain-mail-gadget.googlecode.com)

What is the solution for this error?

Answer 1

It looks like the Google Code servers were not able to successfully authenticate you:

authorization failed: Could not authenticate to server: rejected Basic challenge

Are you sure that you're using the correct user name and password? Remember that it's not the same password as you use for your Gmail account—Google generates/uses a new, separate password for SVN.

You can get (and regenerate) your GoogleCode password here: https://code.google.com/hosting/settings

Answer 2

This happened to me when using mvn release:prepare command on Ubuntu. I double checked password and username, both were correct.

On Ubuntu, this can happen because of some weird interactions with keyrings. You can fix this by editing your ~/.subversion/config file and adding the following line:

password-stores =

It worked fine for me after this change. Note that there is a commented out line with password-stores in the config file. That is not enough, you must actually set it to blank.

Answer 3

I need to use SVN Password to commit!

I got it from SVN Password as per the specification in Google Code API