Error running svn commands on cmd line

Question

Im trying to run the svn copy command as below.

svn copy https://rb-svn1.in.company.com/svn/Project500/branches \
https://rb-1.in.company.com/svn/cust04/Project500/tags/V1.xx \
-m "Dummy test version V1.xx tag"

But i receive error msg saying that :

svn: Local, non-commit operations do not take a log message or revision properties

Can anyone tell me what is happening here ?

Vatsa

Answer 1

I too encountered this same error when I was trying to create a tag from the command line. The mistake I made is that I have put a space in the tag name.

A few things you need to keep in mind while creating TAGS in SVN:

1. A tag is always created from a TRUNK
   (because that is, essentially, a "Working Copy" and post the tag creation a revision number is being created)
   
2. You should NEVER put a space between words for a "tagname".
   I also hope you are not putting the backslash "\" while you're typing the full command
   

The correct syntax like this:
svn copy https://.../trunk https://.../tags/"tagname without spaces" -m "Release 1x.x of YourProductName"

This was my $0.02. I hope you find this helpful:)