Re: Error: I got "svn: Transaction is out of date"

Jim Cromie <jcromie@divsol.com> writes:

> DOING:
> cd /home/jimc/big; svnadmin create svn-repo
> DOING:
> svn import -m 'initial import' ref-div/src/echobox/echobox.19981019
> file:////home/jimc/big/svn-repo/trunk/echobox
> RESULTS:
> ...
> Adding ref-div/src/echobox/echobox.19981019/Log.pm
> Adding ref-div/src/echobox/echobox.19981019/Proxy.pm
> Adding ref-div/src/echobox/echobox.19981019/Readme
> ...
>
> Committed revision 1.

OK, so your repository now contains a directory called /trunk/echobox,
and that's it.

> DOING:
> svn copy file:////home/jimc/big/svn-repo/trunk/echobox
> file:////home/jimc/big/svn-repo/tags/echobox/echobox.19981019 -m
> echobox.19981019
> svn: Transaction is out of date
> svn: out of date: `tags' in txn `2'

Uh, there's no /tags directory. 'svn copy' doesn't automatically
create non-existent directories for you. It has the same semantics as
unix 'cp'.

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Received on Mon Jul 28 18:31:26 2003