SVN project creation does not work

(as_370)dmanuben@bscearth309:~/venvs> autosubmit create a00l
Preparing .lock file to avoid multiple instances with same expid.

Checking configuration files...
autosubmit_a00l.conf OK
platforms_a00l.conf OK
jobs_a00l.conf OK
expdef_a00l.conf  OK
Configuration files OK

[CRITICAL] Unhandled exception on Autosubmit: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/Earth/dmanuben/debug/autosubmit/a00l/proj'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/Earth/dmanuben/venvs/as_370/lib/python2.7/site-packages/autosubmit/autosubmit.py", line 307, in parse_args
    return Autosubmit.create(args.expid, args.noplot, args.hide, args.output)
  File "/home/Earth/dmanuben/venvs/as_370/lib/python2.7/site-packages/autosubmit/autosubmit.py", line 1474, in create
    if not Autosubmit._copy_code(as_conf, expid, project_type, False):
  File "/home/Earth/dmanuben/venvs/as_370/lib/python2.7/site-packages/autosubmit/autosubmit.py", line 1558, in _copy_code
    shutil.rmtree(project_path)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/shutil.py", line 239, in rmtree
    onerror(os.listdir, path, sys.exc_info())
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/shutil.py", line 237, in rmtree
    names = os.listdir(path)
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/Earth/dmanuben/debug/autosubmit/a00l/proj'