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What causes svn error 413 Request Entity Too Large?


On occasion I receive an error "413 Request Entity Too Large" while updating an svn repository. Once I receive this error, it continues every time I attempt to update the local working copy. A new checkout will solve the problem, but is very inconvenient. The project is over 30 GB, and the SVN repository is hosted externally.

This has occurred in the past on several different computers, including Windows development machines, and our Linux build server.

Most of what I have found regarding this issue relates to large individual files (over 2GB). This is not the case here, as the largest files are approx. 50-60 MB.

Has anyone else ran into this before and/or know the cause/solution to this?


Solution

  • Try to add the following configuration directives to your Apache configuration file:

    LimitXMLRequestBody 8000000
    LimitRequestBody 0