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Subject: Re: Subversion 1.5.1 on Cygwin: Aborting because  "Can't convert  string 	from native encoding to 'UTF-8'": Subversion problem,  or generic  	Cygwin installation problem?
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David Rothenberger wrote:
> Spiro Trikaliotis wrote:
> 
>> This does not happen if I use a non-cygwin (command-line) Subversion, or
>> if I use TortoiseSVN. That's the reason why I write this mail here, and
>> not on a Subversion list.
> 
> Windows supports the conversion using Windows APIs, it's just not 
> supported through Cygwin.
> 

So the suggested workaround is to use native Windows Subversion?

bye
Alex


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