Can't create repository

[Scott Palmer <sc...@2connected.org>]

I just solved this as I was typing it up as a question for the list.  I 
figure maybe someone can reword the book to be a bit more clear... or 
if someone else gets stuck this might help.

I just downloaded subversion 1.1-rc2 and was following the instructions 
in the subversion book (PDF download).  The book says:

> Subversion stores all versioned data in a central repository. To 
> begin, create a new repository:
> $ svnadmin create /path/to/repos
> $ ls /path/to/repos
> conf/ dav/ db/ format hooks/ locks/ README.txt
>
> This command creates a new directory /path/to/repos which contains a 
> Subversion repository.


But when I issued the create command this happened:

$ svnadmin create ~/dev/subversion/repository
svn: Repository creation failed
svn: Could not create top-level directory
svn: Can't create directory 
'/Users/scottpalmer/dev/subversion/repository': No such file or 
directory
$

The trouble shooting section of the book wasn't helpful.

It turns out that the statement "This command creates a new directory 
/path/to/repos ..." is false.  The create action will only create 
"repos", the "/path/to" part must already exist.
In my example above only the "dev" folder was present.  As soon as I 
manually created the "subversion" directory all was well.

Scott


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