How to move svn folder one level up

Question

I need to move svn folder to one level up and keep all history

All files and directories from https://myserver.com/svn/Project/trunk/ into https://myserver/svn/Project/

I use a command:

svn move https://myserver.com/svn/Project/trunk/ https://myserver/svn/Project/

but it says:

svn: Cannot move path 'https://myserver.com/svn/Project/trunk/' into itself

Who knows how can I resolve that problem? Thanks!

Answer 1

Try:

svn switch --relocate https://myserver.com/svn/Project/trunk/ https://myserver/svn/Project/

Please test this in a seperate repository before you run it on your real one!

Answer 2

I was just looking for this as well. Then I started looking for a solution and I didn't really find one, except that it did make me think of a solution.

You'd expect the command svn mv ./folder ./ to move everything from the ./folder to ./. This isn't actually true, it'll move folder into the current directory. Since this is where it already is, the command fails.

So, the solution would be to move everything inside ./folder to ./. Indeed, the following command does just that:

svn mv ./folder/* ./

Answer 3

I ran into a similar issue today but I didn't know how to move it up from tortoise, since I also had settings for that folder.

If the new location https://myserver/svn/Project/ should have only the items from your old location, here is what I did:

• Moved https://myserver.com/svn/Project/trunk/ to a new temporary location (e.g. https://myserver/svn/TempProject/);

• Deleted the existing location you want to use (https://myserver/svn/Project/);

• Renamed https://myserver/svn/TempProject/ to https://myserver/svn/Project/.

This worked for me. It preserved all history, svn settings, etc. The history just got a couple new entries from all the moving around thing.

Answer 4

If you are willing to use TortoiseSVN then you can simply move the folder with the repository browser. That is how I usually move folders around, very simple and painless.

Answer 5

I don't believe you can move directly to existing directory (especially repository root). Maybe --force option could help.

If it's possible to checkout whole repo you could move every directory from trunk to upper level, it seems like more reliable solution

svn mv * ..

* is not supported by some svn clients

Answer 6

1. check out https://myserver.com/svn to some working copy
2. delete directory "Project"
3. copy last revision of Project/trunk to the root of the working copy
4. commit