Index: py/path/svn/wccommand.py
===================================================================
--- py/path/svn/wccommand.py	(Revision 60276)
+++ py/path/svn/wccommand.py	(Revision 60277)
@@ -389,6 +389,8 @@
             except py.process.cmdexec.Error, e:
                 if e.err.find('Path is not a working copy directory') != -1:
                     raise py.error.ENOENT(self, e.err)
+                elif e.err.find("is not under version control") != -1:
+                    raise py.error.ENOENT(self, e.err)
                 raise
             # XXX SVN 1.3 has output on stderr instead of stdout (while it does
             # return 0!), so a bit nasty, but we assume no output is output
Index: py/path/svn/testing/test_wccommand.py
===================================================================
--- py/path/svn/testing/test_wccommand.py	(Revision 60276)
+++ py/path/svn/testing/test_wccommand.py	(Revision 60277)
@@ -366,22 +366,21 @@
     def test_commit_nonrecursive(self):
         root = self.root
         somedir = root.join('sampledir')
-        somefile = somedir.join('otherfile')
-        somefile.write('foo')
+        somedir.mkdir("subsubdir")
         somedir.propset('foo', 'bar')
         status = somedir.status()
         assert len(status.prop_modified) == 1
-        assert len(status.modified) == 1
+        assert len(status.added) == 1
 
         somedir.commit('non-recursive commit', rec=0)
         status = somedir.status()
         assert len(status.prop_modified) == 0
-        assert len(status.modified) == 1
+        assert len(status.added) == 1
 
         somedir.commit('recursive commit')
         status = somedir.status()
         assert len(status.prop_modified) == 0
-        assert len(status.modified) == 0
+        assert len(status.added) == 0
 
     def test_commit_return_value(self):
         root = self.root