abort: ‘http://foo/bar’ does not appear to be an hg repository!

If you receive this message from Mercurial when trying to do a hg push, ensure that the web server has write permissions to the repository. Had me stumped for a while ;)

abort: ‘http://foo/bar’ does not appear to be an hg repository!

6 Responses to “abort: ‘http://foo/bar’ does not appear to be an hg repository!”

  1. NiCoS Says:

    Thanks a lot, you just saved me some hours and a part of my week end ! :-)

  2. Sean Braithwaite Says:

    Yup, saved another one. The blogsphere works.

  3. Tim Says:

    Thanks, you’re a star

  4. Oliver Says:

    Also, thanks. Valuable hint :D

  5. mvonballmo Says:

    Thanks … fantastic tip. Since it’s kind of important, I updated the official documentation for all that come after us.

  6. John Says:

    I get this same message not with push but with pull. (Ubuntu 10.04 with Tortoise)
    From the commandline ’svn update’ does work however. Any suggestions…

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