Title: unable to submit plugin using subversion
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# unable to submit plugin using subversion

 *  Resolved [talimoon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/talimoon/)
 * (@talimoon)
 * [17 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unable-to-submit-plugin-using-subversion/)
 * Hi All,
 * I downloaded Visual SVN Server for windows for the purpose of submitting a plugin
   to wordpress. I installed it successfully and ran it.
 * I tried to follow the below instructions to upload my plugin but it doesnt work.
   Of course i replaced “my-local-dir” and “my-plugin” with the relavant names.
 *     ```
       # Create a local directory on your machine to house
       # a copy of the repository.
   
       $ mkdir my-local-dir
   
       # Check out the repository
   
       $ svn co http://svn.wp-plugins.org/your-plugin-name my-local-dir
       > A	my-local-dir/trunk
       > A	my-local-dir/branches
       > A	my-local-dir/tags
       > Checked out revision 11325.
   
       # As you can see, subversion has added ( "A" for "add" )
       # all of the directories from the central repository to
       # your local copy.
   
       # Copy the plugin files to the local copy.
       # Put everything in the trunk/ directory for now.
   
       $ cd my-local-dir/
       my-local-dir/$ cp ~/my-plugin.php trunk/my-plugin.php
       my-local-dir/$ cp ~/readme.txt trunk/readme.txt
   
       # Let subversion know you want to add those new files
       # back into the central repository.
   
       my-local-dir/$ svn add trunk/*
       > A	trunk/my-plugin.php
       > A	trunk/readme.txt
   
       # Now check in the changes back to the central repository.
       # Give a message to the check in.
   
       my-local-dir/$ svn ci -m 'Adding first version of my plugin'
       > Adding	trunk/my-plugin.php
       > Adding	trunk/readme.txt
       > Transmitting file data .
       > Committed revision 11326.
   
       # All done!
       ```
   
 * Firstly i where it says copy the files to your local copy….
    Which files is it
   talking about? This is the first time im submitting the plugin, the only files
   i have are on my machine.
 * Assuming it did mean the files that are on my machine i tried the copy command
   with the correct path and everything but it tells me cp is not a command…. then
   i tried copy it tells me it cannot find that path on the system…
 * Finnally i just copied the files using copy paste in windows.
    K, now the files
   are there.
 * I then used and add command to add the files it seemd to work. but then when 
   i tried to checkin the files using the above mentioned command line it again 
   gives me a fail error:
    “first’ is not under version control”
 * Please can someone give me clear and simple instructions on how to do this?
 * You don’t understand how frustrating it is to try and get some clear and simple
   instructions on how to do some of these things.
 * Regards,
    Tal.

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 *  Thread Starter [talimoon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/talimoon/)
 * (@talimoon)
 * [17 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unable-to-submit-plugin-using-subversion/#post-901849)
 * Hi all,
 * I also tried to type just `svn commit` but then i get a big error:
 * > svn: Commit failed (details follow):
   >  svn: Could not use external editor to
   > fetch log message; consider setting the $SVN_EDITOR environment variable or
   > using the –message (-m) or –file (-F) options svn: None of the environment 
   > variables SVN_EDITOR, VISUAL or EDITOR are set, and no ‘editor-cmd’ run-time
   > configuration option was found
 * Please, I’m desparate! Can someone help me?
 * Regards,
    Tal.
 *  Thread Starter [talimoon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/talimoon/)
 * (@talimoon)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unable-to-submit-plugin-using-subversion/#post-902128)
 * i finally managed to figure it out.
 *  [Terri Ann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/terriann/)
 * (@terriann)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unable-to-submit-plugin-using-subversion/#post-902129)
 * What did you do? I’m trying and I’m unable to submit. It returns
 * > svn: URL ‘[http://svn.wp-plugins.org/plugin-name&#8217](http://svn.wp-plugins.org/plugin-name&#8217);
   doesn’t exist
 * Thanks!
    – Terri
 *  Thread Starter [talimoon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/talimoon/)
 * (@talimoon)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unable-to-submit-plugin-using-subversion/#post-902130)
 * Hi Terri,
 * its difficult to comment on what you’re doing wrong. try and post the code that
   you are using step by step and i can try and tell you whats not right.
 * i also used the [SVN Book](http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/index.html)
   it gave me some pointers. Because i found that sometimes the abreviated version
   of a command does not work for some reason so you have to use the full one.
 * I’m also quite new at this, and it took some playing around before i got it right.
 * Ciao,
    T.
 *  [Aw Guo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/awflasher/)
 * (@awflasher)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unable-to-submit-plugin-using-subversion/#post-902137)
 * [@terriann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/terriann/)
 * I met the same problem. Did you get it solved?

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