On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 8:14 AM, Madhav Mohan <madhavmon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hi Guys > > I have just started learning about the tools to start contributing to open source. I had installed svn through apt get in ubuntu 10.10 but when I try to commit anything to the repository i get this error > > Error: Commit failed (details follow): > Error: Commit blocked by pre-commit hook (exit code 1) with output: > > Please could anyone help me to resolve this. > > Thanks and Regards > Madhav Mohan I'm sure there are people here that know SVN, but this list is for kernel devel questions. The kernel uses GIT for source code repo management. GIT was specifically written by Linus Torvalds to address linux kernel development issues. Those issues end up being common to many opensource development teams, so GIT is getting more and more widespread use. As to SVN, you need to ask elsewhere. Greg _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies