Unclear error message in commit

The following steps lead to an “unexpected error” message from
Subversion 1.5.1 (client+server) when used with WebDAV.

- svn co http://repositoryname/trunk/ --depth=empty
- cd trunk
- mkdir NameOfDirectoryThatAlreadyExists
- svn add NameOfDirectoryThatAlreadyExists
- svn ci -m”Committing new directory”

This leads to the following error:

Adding F:\LocalRepository\trunk\NameOfDirectoryThatAlreadyExists
svn: Commit failed (details follow):
svn: Server sent unexpected return value (405 Method Not Allowed) in
response to MKCOL request for
‘//!svn/wrk/cfd1f9e0-87b4-a941-8079-678508eca67e/trunk/
NameOfDirectoryThatAlreadyExists’

When using the SVN protocol, the error message is “File already exists,”
which is generally a much more useful response. (Technically it’s
“directory already exists,” but I’ll cut some slack on that one :) )

PS Sorry if this is a double-post. I attempted to post this, but I
hadn't set up an email account yet, so I couldn't tell if it had gone
through.

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