Getting around the TortoiseSVN password prompt

March 27th, 2007 · 15 Comments

For those of you that have run into the multiple password prompts while using the TortoiseSVN Subversion client, you’ll be glad to know there is a quick workaround. Assuming you have your repo browser url setup with svn+ssh, and your username already in the url (svn+ssh://username@hostname/some/path), you can then go to the TortoiseSVN settings and under ‘Network’ add the TortoisePlink.exe as the SSH Client (C:Program FilesTortoiseSVNbinTortoisePlink.exe). After the TortoisePlink.exe add ‘-pw password‘, so your final SSH Client line looks something like this:

C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin\TortoisePlink.exe -pw password

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15 responses so far ↓

1 Ben // Nov 6, 2007 at 11:56 pm

You can also use a more advanced crypro key version with SSH secure shell (http://allyourtech.com/content/articles/23_12_2005_setting_up_subversion_and_tortoisesvn.php).
2 Vitaliy Obmanyuk // Nov 21, 2007 at 11:21 am

Cool!It works!
Thanks for this very helpful tip, it will save a lot of time for me. Why I did not find this tip earlier?
3 Subversioneering « lifetimeenvironment // Dec 22, 2007 at 9:51 pm

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4 TCx // May 27, 2008 at 4:10 pm

Beautiful! Thanks!
5 Luke Barrington // May 30, 2008 at 1:11 pm

Excellent!
Probably less secure than the crypto key approach(?) but way easier to implement.

Thanks!
6 Marc // Sep 10, 2008 at 9:53 pm

THANK YOU!!!!!! Tortoise was driving me insane asking me for my password 10 times when I wanted to view the log!
7 Asgrim » Blog Archive » Subversion on 1and1 with Eclipse PDT // Oct 21, 2008 at 12:20 pm

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8 Dansende Skattemand // Oct 26, 2008 at 1:41 pm

Awesome!!
9 Arscek // Dec 10, 2008 at 1:24 pm

Thank you so much, it was very helpful
10 Arscek // Dec 10, 2008 at 1:31 pm

By the way, I found out that you can use -l username (small “L”) if you don’t have it in your URL
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12 Kishore // May 27, 2009 at 2:44 pm

Great Hack !!! Thanks
13 kanzure // Jun 19, 2009 at 7:57 am

If you do not use svn+ssh://username@ .., you should add -l username -pw password. That’s dash L, except lowercase. I had a lab full of people being annoyed by multiple password prompts for a while. Of course, a better idea might be to just use svn on a linux box, .

- Bryan
14 Natan // Jun 29, 2009 at 4:31 pm

Thank you, Spent hours searching for a solution!
15 rob // Jul 2, 2009 at 1:50 pm

Thank! This was driving me crazy.

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