You need to add your files to your working copy, before you commit your changes to the repository:
svn add <file|folder>
Afterwards:
svn commit
See here for detailed information about svn add
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TortoiseSVN
It works with TortoiseSVN, because it adds the file to your working copy automatically (commit dialog):
If you want to include an unversioned file, just check that file to add it to the commit.