Re: Bad error message if target repository directory does not exist

Will do.

On Friday, August 5, 2016, Johan Corveleyn <jcorvel_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 7:23 PM, Doug Robinson
> <doug.robinson_at_wandisco.com <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >
> > Folks:
> >
> > The issue is when create copy/branch/tag from a local working copy
> > path using "svn copy", if the parent path of the copying target
> > does not exist, the "svn copy" command fails with a misleading error
> > message saying that the copy source (working copy directory) "is out
> > of date" while that is not the case.
> >
> > The reproduce case (both client and server at 1.9.4):
> >
> > # svn info
> > Path: .
> > Working Copy Root Path: /root/repo05
> > URL: http://192.168.56.202:8081/svn/repo05/trunk
> > Relative URL: ^/trunk
> > Repository Root: http://192.168.56.202:8081/svn/repo05
> > Repository UUID: deadbeef-b0b0-ca1f-f0f0-123456789abc
> > Revision: 1
> > Node Kind: directory
> > Schedule: normal
> > Last Changed Author: user01
> > Last Changed Rev: 1
> > Last Changed Date: 2016-07-29 15:37:02 +0800 (Fri, 29 Jul 2016)
> > # svn ls ^/branches
> > # svn cp -mm . ^/branches/test/br1
> > Adding copy of .
> > svn: E155011: Commit failed (details follow):
> > svn: E155011: Directory '/root/repo05/trunk' is out of date
> > svn: E160013: File not found: transaction '1-2', path
> '/branches/test/br1'
> > # svn mkdir -mm ^/branches/test
> > Committing transaction...
> > Committed revision 2.
> > # svn cp -mm . ^/branches/test/br1
> > Adding copy of .
> > Committing transaction...
> > Committed revision 3.
> >
> > The error message certainly confuses the issue.
>
> Indeed, that can't be right. I reproduced it with 1.9.4 and with
> trunk_at_today.
>
> Can you file an issue please?
>
> --
> Johan
>

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