Error when creating a Subversion tag using TortoiseSVN

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Subversion 1.7.8 has been installed in a server running Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition Service Pack 2. Subversion runs as a Windows service. Directory d:\SvnRepositories has been created on the server to store the repositories.

TortoiseSVN 1.7.10 has been installed on the server. Using TortoiseSVN, a repository has been created for project TEST: d:\SvnRepositories\TEST

Directory source has been created under TEST: d:\SvnRepositories\TEST\source

Directories branches, tags and trunk have been created under source: d:\SvnRepositories\TEST\source\branches d:\SvnRepositories\TEST\source\tags d:\SvnRepositories\TEST\source\trunk

On a client computer, which runs Microsoft Windows XP Professional Version 2002 Service Pack 3, TortoiseSVN 1.7.10 has been installed as well. Using TortoiseSVN > Import, the source code of project TEST, stored on the client computer, has been loaded into the repository on the server.

On the same client computer, a working directory has been created: C:\Svn

Directory TEST has been created under Svn: C:\Svn\TEST

Using TortoiseSVN > Checkout, files have been checked out to C:\Svn\TEST from the following server location: svn://///d:/SvnRepositories/TEST/source/trunk

On the client computer, working directory, TortoiseSVN > Branch/tag has been selected. In the Copy (Branch / Tag) dialog box, the following fields have been filled: - To path: /source/tags/version-5.6.1 - Log message: Creation of version 5.6.1 - Create copy in the repository from: Specific revision in repository - Revision: 1 - Switch working copy to new brach/tag: checked

After clicking OK and providing my credentials, the following error message is displayed: File not found: transaction '1-1', path '/source/tags/version-5.6.1'

Are the server and client properly configured? What am I missing?

Thank you in advance for your assistance.

PTM

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Is d:\SvnRepositories\TEST\source a directory you can see in Windows Explorer, or is source a directory that you've created within the repository? – alroc
The mentioned directory was created via Windows Explorer. – PTM
Then it is not in your repository. Once you create the repository, anything that is to be accessed in it must be created via Subversion, not as a child item (file, directory) in Explorer. You really need to go back to the manual, read it, and understand how to use Subversion & how the repository works. Start at tortoisesvn.net/docs/release/TortoiseSVN_en/tsvn-qs-guide.html – alroc
Thank you very much for your comment, alroc. After following the instructions you suggested, the problem was solved. As a novice user of Subversion, I did follow instructions in my first attempt, but, evidently, they were not correct. – PTM
@PTM: You should consider posting the solution as an answer and accept it so that other users know that the problem is solved. – Andreas

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Just elaborating @alroc answer:

The repository needs to be created using the TortoiseSVN > Create Repository Here....

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I had the same error. I later found that the svn password stored for svn communications was outdated. Once I updated the password, the error went away and everything worked fine.