On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 7:23 PM, Doug Robinson <doug.robin...@wandisco.com> 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 svn: E155011: Directory '/root/repo05/trunk' is out of date 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@today. Can you file an issue please? -- Johan
