def set_conf(conf)
      begin
        conf = load_conf(conf)
        @svn_user              = conf['svn_user']
        @svn_pass              = conf['svn_pass']
        @force_checkout        = conf['force_checkout']
        @svn_repo_master       = conf['svn_repo_master']
        @svn_repo_working_copy = conf['svn_repo_working_copy']
        @svn_repo_config_path  = conf['svn_repo_config_path']
        Svn::Core::Config.ensure(@svn_repo_config_path)
      rescue Exception => e
        raise RepoAccessError, 'errors loading conf file'
      end
    end
def set_conf(conf)
      begin
        conf = load_conf(conf)
        @svn_user              = conf['svn_user']
        @svn_pass              = conf['svn_pass']
        @force_checkout        = conf['force_checkout']
        @svn_repo_master       = conf['svn_repo_master']
        @svn_repo_working_copy = conf['svn_repo_working_copy']
        @svn_repo_config_path  = conf['svn_repo_config_path']
        Svn::Core::Config.ensure(@svn_repo_config_path)
      rescue Exception => e
        raise RepoAccessError, 'errors loading conf file'
      end
    end
set config file with abs path