Subversion - Moving Files

Question

Is it possible to move a project from one place in SVN to another without losing the history of changes?

Answer 1

Yes.

Other answers describe the svn command line - this is for the turtle GUI:

From http://tortoisesvn.net/docs/release/TortoiseSVN_en/tsvn-dug-rename.html

If you want to move files inside your working copy, possibly to another subfolder, use the right-click drag handler:

• Select the files or directories you want to move.
• drag them to a new location inside the working copy.
• release the right mouse button
• in the pop-up menu, select Context menu → SVN Move files with version here

Answer 2

TortoiseSVN right .

: http://tortoisesvn.net/most-forgotten-feature

Answer 3

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svn move

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svn copy

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Answer 4

, :

• svnadmin dump
• svnadmin

:

• svn copy
• svn move

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Answer 5

Yes. svn movesaves the history of moved files. If you reformat the file name, the answer is more complicated. See the SVN FAQ: http://subversion.tigris.org/faq.html#case-change