On 2009-01-11 at 16:53:35 [+0100], Humdinger <humdingerb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Stephan Aßmus wrote: > > > what you could do is this: > > > > * Make a backup copy of your current work and folder layout (make > > absolutely sure you don't forget anything). > > * Delete the folder in your tree. > > * "svn update" in the parent folder of the folder(s) you deleted, this > > will restore everything as it is in the repo. > > * Now "svn move" the old files to their new locations, you can also move > > entire folders if need be until you have the same structure as in your > > new work. > > * copy the new files from your backup into the new folders, make sure > > you don't accidentally copy ".svn" folders replacing the ones already > > there, but replace any files already there. > > * use "svn status" to see which files you have not yet added and "svn > > add" them. > > I did like you suggested and it almost worked as expected. Only, when I do > e.g. "svn move > applications/ en/" it does move the folder "applications" and all its > containing files > into the folder "en", but it still leaves (the now empty) original > "applications" folder > behind. > Is this expected behaviour? Yep, it will disappear, when you have committed it (you have to commit both the old and the new directory). > I couldn't commit these changes yet (maybe that would resolve that issue) > because for svn > I'm not yet a valid member of the project, it appears. Or do I have to > initiate a secret > handshake before the first commit? Nope, you just hadn't been added as project member yet. Should work now. CU, Ingo