$ svn ci
Connection closed by $MAGIC_IP_ADDR
svn: Commit failed (details follow):
svn: Connection closed unexpectedly
svn: Your commit message was left in a temporary file:
svn:    '/full/path/to/parent/directory/where/no/changed/files/svn-commit.tmp'
$ svn ci
Log message unchanged or not specified
a)bort, c)ontinue, e)dit
a

could have at least saved the commit message somewhere useful. like, say, somewhere so when i type “svn ci” again it reads the commit message.

grrr