0

I'm trying to create a new directory in the branch of my SVN repository as per instructions at http://dryice.name/blog/freebsd/svn-make-the-branches-directory-before-make-a-branch/.

svn mkdir http://svn.example.com/repos/calc/branches \ -m "make the branches directory to hold all the branches"

But I get the error: 

svn: Could not use external editor to fetch log message; consider setting the $SVN_EDITOR environment variable or using the --message (-m) or --file (-F) options svn: None of the environment variables SVN_EDITOR, VISUAL or EDITOR are set, and no 'editor-cmd' run-time configuration option was found

I saw this question: Commit failed error when committing new version to svn repository and I did add the -m option with a message but still getting the above error.

What's wrong with the command and how can I resolve this?

Improve this question

1 Answer 1

Reset to default
1

Well turns out that if I reverse the order and add my -m options first, it works!

So the command should be: 

svn -m "make the branches directory to hold all the branches" http://svn.example.com/repos/calc/branches
Improve this answer
Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

Comments

Start asking to get answers

Find the answer to your question by asking.

Ask question

Explore related questions

See similar questions with these tags.