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the "svn copy" command fails with a misleading error message saying that the copy source (working copy directory) "is out of date" while that is not the case.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 svn: E155011: Commit failed (details follow): svn: E155011: Directory '/root/repo05/trunk' is out of date svn: E160013: File not found: transaction '1-2', path '/branches/test/br1' # svn mkdir -mm ^/branches/test Committing transaction...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. Thank you. Doug -- *DOUGLAS B. ROBINSON* SENIOR PRODUCT MANAGER *T *925-396-1125 *E* doug.robin...@wandisco.com *www.wandisco.com <http://www.wandisco.com/>* -- Learn how WANdisco Fusion solves Hadoop data protection and scalability challenges <http://www.wandisco.com/hadoop/wd-fusion> Listed on the London Stock Exchange: WAND <http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/WAND:LN> THIS MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL, PROPRIETARY, AND MAY BE PRIVILEGED. If this message was misdirected, WANdisco, Inc. and its subsidiaries, ("WANdisco") does not waive any confidentiality or privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately and destroy the message without disclosing its contents to anyone. Any distribution, use or copying of this e-mail or the information it contains by other than an intended recipient is unauthorized. The views and opinions expressed in this e-mail message are the author's own and may not reflect the views and opinions of WANdisco, unless the author is authorized by WANdisco to express such views or opinions on its behalf. All email sent to or from this address is subject to electronic storage and review by WANdisco. Although WANdisco operates anti-virus programs, it does not accept responsibility for any damage whatsoever caused by viruses being passed.
