the svn bug or feature?

[Max Bowsher]

Andrew Sagulin wrote:
> Hello svnbook-dev
>
> Two weeks ago I downloaded and installed Subversion 1.2.0. I also
> downloaded and read
> Svnbook. Actually this is a great job (both Subversion and the book about
> it).
>
> But when I tried one doubtful feature I found that Subversion did
> somethine different from Svnbook example:
>
> === svn copy reference ===
> $ svn copy file:///tmp/repos/test/trunk
> file:///tmp/repos/test/tags/0.6.32-prerelease -m "tag tree"
>
> Committed revision 12.
>
> And don't worry if you forgot to tag≈you can always specify an older
> revision and tag anytime:
>
> $ svn copy -r 11 file:///tmp/repos/test/trunk
> file:///tmp/repos/test/tags/0.6.32-prerelease -m "Forgot to tag at rev 11"
>
> Committed revision 13.
> ===
>
> Actually svn do not override destination, but create subdirectory:
> file:///tmp/repos/test/tags/0.6.32-prerelease/trunk
>
> On the next attempt to copy to the same destination svn will report
>
> svn: Path 'tags/0.6.32-prerelease/trunk' already exists.
>
> Is it a Subversion bug or a Svnbook inaccuracy?

Neither.

The examples you quote are either/or, not a sequence of commands.

Max.