Subversion and TortoiseSVN: Moving a repository

• September 12, 2008
• James Skemp
• software, tutorials / guides

This evening I had to rename a project folder, since I was creating a site with the same name.

Since I had the project (application) under Subversion, I also needed to move the repository.

Here's what I did:

svnadmin create b:\repos\_newName_

svnadmin dump b:\repos\_oldName_ > b:\repos_dump\_oldName_.dump

svnadmin load b:\repos\_newName_ < b:\repos_dump\_oldName_.dump

At this point I could either checkout the repository, or change where the checked out directory points to.

I choose to relocate my working copy by right-clicking on my working directory and selecting Relocate from the TortoiseSVN menu. Point it to the new directory, and rename your working directories name, and you're set.

• subversion
• tortoisesvn
• svn