Question

I have a subversion repository, and I would like to create a branch, but the repository does not have the canonical directory structure of /trunk, /branches and /tags – it just has everything that should be in /trunk, in the root folder.

Am I screwed, or is there some way to correct the directory structure (or to create a branch within the existing directory structure)?

Answer 1

Try something along the lines of

$ svn mkdir $REPO/{trunk,tags,branches}
$ for f in $(svn ls $REPO |grep -v 'trunk/$\|tags/$\|branches/$'); do
`   svn mv "$f" $REPO/trunk
` done
$ svn cp $REPO/trunk $REPO/branches/branch0