svn copy returns "Repository moved permanetly"

Question

I've always used TortoiseSVN, but now I need to create a branch using the command line, and I cannot seem to get it to work.

I'm trying to follow the steps listed here Branching Instructions

And I'm using the following command

svn copy https://coolserver:8443/svn/Actant/trunk https://coolserver:8443/svn/Geneva/branches/NewBranch -m "Creating a private branch of trunk."

But I ever time I do, I get the error svn: Repository moved permanently to 'https://coolserver:8443/'; please relocate

Can anyone help me figure out what I might be doing wrong?

Answer 1

It sounds like the repository location has moved from https://coolserver:8443/svn to https://coolserver:8443/. You can fix your working copy to reflect that, by running

svn switch --relocate https://coolserver:8443/svn/ https://coolserver:8443/

Or you can run your copy command directly on the repository like this:

svn copy https://coolserver:8443/Actant/trunk https://coolserver:8443/Geneva/branches/NewBranch -m "Creating a private branch of trunk."

Answer 2

Turns out there was a simple typo. Actant and Geneva are two different repos, so you can't copy from one to another. This is why you shouldn't try to code and talk to people at the same time.

The correct command, for anyone who happens to be interested would be

svn copy https://coolserver:8443/svn/Actant/trunk https://coolserver:8443/svn/Actant/branches/NewBranch -m "Creating a private branch of trunk."