Re: Unable to make a tag using svn copy

On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 03:36:59PM +0100, Jim Higson wrote:
> We're using subversion 1.2 on client and server over http.
>
> We have a repository set out in the usual trunc, branches and tags way.
> Starting today, when I try to make a tag by running the command:
>
> svn cp trunc/drupal tags/1.5.0
>
> (we only put the drupal dir in our tags because the rest of the repo
> contains stuff that doesn't get released to the main server)
>
> After churning the drives for a while we get this:
>
> svn: Working copy
> 'tags/1.5.0c-murders/modules/massmailer/engines/phplist/phplist' is
> missing or not locked
>
> (without the word wrap of course!)
>
> Now, I can't think of any reason why this folder would be any different from
> any other in our repo. I've tried checking out a fresh working copy and
> trying again, with the same results. svn status doestn't show any ouput
> because nothing needs to be commited.
>
> Does anyone recognise this situation, and have any suggestions how we can
> fix it and make our tag?

I have no idea as to why you would get the error you're seing. One thing
I'm wondering is how the output from svn references "1.5.0c-murders"
while the copy command references "1.5.0".

My suggestion would be to try doing a serverside copy, like:

        svn cp http://host/trunk http://host/tags/1.5.0

Beware if you're using externals you might want to check the svncopy.pl
script to pin your the revisions of your externals.

-- 
Cheers,
- Jacob Atzen
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