I have this main folder that is a SVN repository here:
C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs\SkinCare
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I changed the path from the previous repository and everything seems to have gone well but there are a few sub-folders that are still pointing to the old location such as this folder:
C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs\SkinCare\trunk\dev_8\reserve\dev_6\hs
See snapshot:
How do I change the other folders to point to the new SVN repository?
When I right-click on the ‘hs’ folder and go to ‘relocate’ I receive this pop-up message:
Should I be using a ‘switch’ or ‘ relocate’?
When I try the ‘switch’ operation I receive this error:
I then tried the ‘relocate’ and this is the error I received:
How do I resolve this problem?
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This is how I resolved this problem:
You have to delete all the .svn folders recursively within the folder that you wish to update with regards to the working SVN path. In may case, it was changing from the C directory to the J directory.
Here is how to add your folders to the new SVN repository. Just right-click the main folder (in my case, ‘hs’ folder), select TortoiseSVN->Add. Click OK.
You should see Tortoise SVN adding the files and folders:
Then right-click the folder again (‘hs’ in my case) then select Commit…
The click OK:
Then you can check to see if your working path to the new SVN repository has been updated by right-clicking on the folder (‘hs’, in my case) then select TortoiseSVN->Repo-browser:
