svn copy - problem with directories

Question

I want to create a tag in my repository. My command is:

svn copy trunk tags\1.1

I execute this command in the main directory of my local working copy. It however copies whole directory so the files ends up in tags\1.1\trunk directory, not in tags\1.1. I was trying to add slashes or backslashes after the trunk directory name, but it is the same. How can I copy all files and directories from trunk to tag directory?

Answer 1

Does tags\1.1 already exist, and you're trying to overwrite it? If so then you'll need to delete it first (and commit the deletion), otherwise svn assumes you want to copy trunk into the existing tag directory.

Answer 2

change into the trunk directory then do

svn copy ./ ..\tags\1.1

Answer 3

Not sure why that wouldn't work, unless it's an issue with being on the local server. I use the following command and it works as expected, both with my own svn server and with Google Code's server:

svn copy svn://svn_host/project_name/trunk svn://svn_host/project_name/tags/release-1.0.0 -m "Tagging the 1.0.0 release of the 'Project Name' project."