[JENKINS-16865] SVN fail to revert working dir : NullPointerException

We have this error when we build using the revert + update SVN strategy.

Building remotely on MobileXcodeNode in workspace /Users/dev/jenkins/workspace/project
Reverting /Users/dev/jenkins/workspace/project/source to depth infinity with ignoreExternals: false
FATAL: null
java.lang.NullPointerException
	at hudson.scm.subversion.UpdateUpdater$TaskImpl.perform(UpdateUpdater.java:176)
	at hudson.scm.subversion.WorkspaceUpdater$UpdateTask.delegateTo(WorkspaceUpdater.java:153)
	at hudson.scm.SubversionSCM$CheckOutTask.perform(SubversionSCM.java:903)
	at hudson.scm.SubversionSCM$CheckOutTask.invoke(SubversionSCM.java:884)
	at hudson.scm.SubversionSCM$CheckOutTask.invoke(SubversionSCM.java:867)
	at hudson.FilePath$FileCallableWrapper.call(FilePath.java:2348)
	at hudson.remoting.UserRequest.perform(UserRequest.java:118)
	at hudson.remoting.UserRequest.perform(UserRequest.java:48)
	at hudson.remoting.Request$2.run(Request.java:326)
	at hudson.remoting.InterceptingExecutorService$1.call(InterceptingExecutorService.java:72)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:303)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:680)

When I try to do the revert manually on the node I can see this error not correctly handled by Jenkins :

MobileXcodeNode:source dev$ svn revert . -R
Failed to revert 'Titanium_app/Resources' -- try updating instead.

Thanks

Originally reported by eboudrant, imported from: SVN fail to revert working dir : NullPointerException

• assignee: kutzi
• status: Open
• priority: Major
• component(s): subversion-plugin
• label(s): revert, subversion, svn
• resolution: Unresolved
• votes: 6
• watchers: 8
• imported: 20251212-090250

Raw content of original issue

We have this error when we build using the revert + update SVN strategy.


Building remotely on MobileXcodeNode in workspace /Users/dev/jenkins/workspace/project
Reverting /Users/dev/jenkins/workspace/project/source to depth infinity with ignoreExternals: false
FATAL: null
java.lang.NullPointerException
	at hudson.scm.subversion.UpdateUpdater$TaskImpl.perform(UpdateUpdater.java:176)
	at hudson.scm.subversion.WorkspaceUpdater$UpdateTask.delegateTo(WorkspaceUpdater.java:153)
	at hudson.scm.SubversionSCM$CheckOutTask.perform(SubversionSCM.java:903)
	at hudson.scm.SubversionSCM$CheckOutTask.invoke(SubversionSCM.java:884)
	at hudson.scm.SubversionSCM$CheckOutTask.invoke(SubversionSCM.java:867)
	at hudson.FilePath$FileCallableWrapper.call(FilePath.java:2348)
	at hudson.remoting.UserRequest.perform(UserRequest.java:118)
	at hudson.remoting.UserRequest.perform(UserRequest.java:48)
	at hudson.remoting.Request$2.run(Request.java:326)
	at hudson.remoting.InterceptingExecutorService$1.call(InterceptingExecutorService.java:72)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:303)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:680)


When I try to do the revert manually on the node I can see this error not correctly handled by Jenkins : 

MobileXcodeNode:source dev$ svn revert . -R
Failed to revert 'Titanium_app/Resources' -- try updating instead.


Thanks

Jenkins Subversion Plug-in : 1.45<br/>
Jenkins node running : Unix slave, version 2.21

Start at hudson.scm.subversion.UpdateUpdater$TaskImpl.perform in UpdateUpdater.java:176, using the reported SVN revert output and stack trace as the reproduction context. Trace how the failed revert of Titanium_app/Resources is handled, then verify that the revert-plus-update strategy reports the SVN failure instead of producing a NullPointerException.