Subversion - problem creating a new repository

Question

I have recently taken over a linux box running subversion.

The folder where the the repos look like they are installed is in: /home/svn

In this folder I see a folder named web_projects and in that folder I see conf dev db etc etc

I am trying to add a new repository to this server, but I'm getting the following error:

`svnadmin: '/home/svn/web_projects/my_project' is a subdirectoy of an existing repository rooted at '/home/svn/web_projects'

Does anyone know why I can't seem to add a new repository?

Answer 1

It is saying that /home/svn/web_projects is (the top level of) an existing repository, and will not let you create one inside that. You need to create yours at /home/svn/my_project.