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RE: getting 'Directory is missing' when tagging working copy

From: Bob Archer <bob.archer_at_amsi.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 15:53:25 -0400

> I am attempting to use tagging as described at:
>
> http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.5/svn-
> book.html#svn.branchmerge.tags.mkcomplex
>
> I've used this quite a few times on this repository, But now I'm
> getting
> a 'Directory is missing' error.
>
> To repeat, my usage is as exactly described in the docs. But when I run
> the copy:
>
> svn cp working_copy svn+ssh://host/tags/staging/2009-09-02T14-00
>
> I get this error:
>
> svn: Commit failed (details follow):
> svn: Directory '/home/me/working_copy/some/dir/in/wc' is missing

I expect that host/tags/staging does not yet exist in your repository. I think if you use the --parents switch on the cp command it would work for you.

BOb

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