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Asked: 2026-05-27T07:36:34+00:00

I have had a repository with the following layout: //server/wrongname/superfluousdir/trunk/… Now I have moved

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I have had a repository with the following layout:

//server/wrongname/superfluousdir/trunk/...

Now I have moved trunk to the root of the repository (using the TortoiseSVN repo browser) and changed the repository name (using SVNManager):

//server/correctname/trunk/...

I have a working copy folder which contains everything in trunk. It has several changed files. I told TortoiseSVN to use the new repository name with the Relocate... command.

However, if I try to do a commit now, it will still commit to 

//server/correctname/superfluousdir/trunk/...

How do I correct the path to which it should commit?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I’m more used to doing this with the command-line, but it sounds like you got the relocate wrong. The command line syntax would be

    svn switch --relocate //server/wrongname/superfluousdir/ //server/correctname/

    i.e. from-path, to-path. I guess Tortoise got the two mixed up and really did

    svn switch --relocate //server/wrongname/ //server/correctname/

    i.e. with the wrong from path.

    I think at this point you should try the switch option: that should give you //server/correctname/superfluousdir/trunk/ which you can edit to the correct path.

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