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  1. Subversion
  2. SVN-2295

"svn mkdir URL" gives poor error message when directory exists

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    • Bug
    • Status: Closed
    • Trivial
    • Resolution: Fixed
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    • 1.9.0
    • mod_dav_svn

    Description

      % svn mkdir https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/myfaces/
      svn: MKCOL of '/repos/asf/!svn/wrk/d60789ed-26f6-0310-bcf6-5792b5ac7a75/myfaces': 405 
      Method Not Allowed (https://svn.apache.org)
      
      This is the error message returned when a 'mkdir' is run on a directory already exists over WebDAV.  
      This is a rather unintuitive error message.
      
      Perhaps a 409 code (Conflict) could be more intuitive than a 405 (Method Not Allowed).
      
      Also note that we could stick with 405 but fill up r->status_line with 'Directory already exists' rather 
      than leaving it to be the 'default' status line.
      
      This issue could also be combined with the 'bad error messages' issue; but I can't seem to find it.
      

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            jerenkrantz Justin Erenkrantz
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