Subversion Commit Troubles

Question

I cannot do a simple commit (svn commit file.php) from within the working directory. Or, by referencing the working directory and file (svn commit ~/webDev/ricalsin/trunk/config/site.php) Shouldn't that be possible using either approach? Both approaches generate the same terminal window response - which is not what tutorials say.

I attached a screenshot of the terminal window after making the attempt (below). This is an apache2 server running on a local computer. I am able to checkout a directory without a problem.

So sorry for the noobiness. Thanks for any help.

Answer 1

svn has dropped you into a text editor, so you can edit the log message for that commit. You can stop this from happening by supplying the message on the command line with the -m argument, e.g.

svn commit file.php -m "your message here"

Or just edit the message and exit the editor -- svn should proceed with the commit.

Note that svn ci is recognized as an abbreviation for svn commit.

Answer 2

Run svn ci for checking in from your working copy.