I have a local subversion repository on a Windows computer, which I have been committing to using Visual Studio and Ankh/TortoiseSVN. I intend to permanently migrate this repository to a macOS computer (still as a local repository) and use Visual Studio Code to do further development. I copied the entire repository folder to the macOS, and installed the SVN extension for Visual Studio Code. The Source Control sidebar shows changes and unversioned files, and the Subversion sidebar shows the repository, but lists the path as
file:///<path on original windows computer>
Attempting to commit changes results in an error:
Commit failed (details follow): Unable to connect to a repository at URL 'file:///<original windows path to trunk folder>' Unable to open repository 'file:///<original windows path to trunk folder>'
If I click + at the top of the Subversion sidebar to 'Add repo-like path', I'm prompted to "Enter a SVN URL or local path..." Assuming I want the latter, I can't figure out what to enter as the local path - the topmost source folder is "~/Documents/Blah", but trying this or some sub-folders ("~/Documents/Blah/Repository" or "~/Documents/Blah/WorkingCopy") results in a message "Failed to add repo:"
How do I tell Visual Studio Code and the SVN extension where my repository is so that I can commit? Or have I done something wrong prior to this, or am I misunderstand the problem?
I'm not using a subversion client on macOS.
Thanks for any help.