Class needed by SvnTask cannot be found

problem:
getting this error when trying to build:

taskdef A class needed by class org.tigris.subversion.svnant.SvnTask cannot be found: org/tigris/subversion/svnclientadapter/SVNClientException

solution:

I didnt unzip all libs that came with svnant into my lib folder. Only unzipped svnant.jar. need to put them all in there.

ant SCP task hangs

problem:
i am running ant 1.6.5 and using the scp task. When the task starts, it stops responding, breaking the rest of my ant build in the process. Sometimes the task transfers one file (out of a few 100) and hangs.

solution:
From doing a bit of research i found out that some versions of the library required by this task - jsch - cause ant build to hang. The trick is finding a version of this lib which works with your version of ant.

I know that jsch version 0.1.29 works with ant 1.6.5.

get jsch-0.1.29.jar here

Cannot use javahl nor command line svn client

Problem:
svnant gives this error when i try to run the example that comes with it, or anything else
Cannot use javahl nor command line svn client

Solution:
the javahl dll file needs to be on your PATH to be able to load. svntask uses a System.loadLibrary() to load this dll, so modify your PATH variable and add the dir of where that dll is at. If you get subclipse for subversion then you can find javahl in the plugins dir, i think.

You can check what your path is by doing:
System.out.println(System.getProperty("java.library.path"));
after you change your path, you may need to reboot because windows is stupid.