Can I configure Subversion to go through my proxy?

Yes, the Subversion client can go through a proxy, if you configure it to do so.

If it's difficult or impossible to get the proxy to allow Subversion traffic, but you want to check out the Subversion sources, you may be able to go around the proxy. Some proxies that filter port 80 nevertheless allow anything on port 81. For this reason, the svn.collab.net repository server listens on port 81 as well as on port 80. Try: svn checkout http://svn.collab.net:81/repos/svn/trunk subversion and maybe the proxy will let you through. Another strategy is to attempt the checkout over SSL, which many proxies allow: svn checkout https://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/trunk subversion Note that your svn client will need to have ssl support; just pass --with-ssl to Subversion's ./configure script. You can check to see whether the 'https' scheme is supported by running svn --version.

There are comments in the servers file explaining what to do. If you don't have that file, get the latest Subversion client and run any command; this will cause the configuration directory and template files to be created. Next, make sure the proxy server itself supports all the HTTP methods Subversion uses. Some proxy servers do not support these methods by default: PROPFIND, REPORT, MERGE, MKACTIVITY, CHECKOUT. In general, solving this depends on the particular proxy software. For Squid, the config option is * # TAG: extension_methods # Squid only knows about standardized HTTP request methods. # You can add up to 20 additional "extension" methods here. # #Default: # none extension_methods REPORT MERGE MKACTIVITY CHECKOUT (Squid 2.4 and later already knows about PROPFIND.) See also "What are all the HTTP methods Subversion uses?" for advice on additional HTTP methods to allow through your proxy.