Since you're on windows I really suggest installing tortoiseSVN... open your repository with the repo browser and you can drag and drop folder/files around in your repo just like you can your file system in Explorer.
BOb > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Kelley [mailto:skel...@sciend.com] > Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 12:05 PM > To: Bob Archer > Cc: Ryan Schmidt; users@subversion.apache.org > Subject: Re: Rearranging archive > > Still no go. > > D:\archive>svn mkdir file:///d:/archive/crbuild/trunk -m"Create trunk > directory" > > Committed revision 45. > > D:\archive>svn mv file:///d:/archive/crbuild/* > file:///d:/archive/crbuild/trunk > svn: Path 'file:///d:/archive/crbuild/*' does not exist in revision 45 > > > Bob Archer wrote: > >> Bob Archer wrote: > >> > >>>> Thanks for the response. This I can do. However, what I want is to > get > >>>> all of the history etc. into the trunk so that it looks like the > >>>> repository was created properly to start with. The svn mkdir and mv > >>>> commands do not work in the repository itself, only in the working > >>>> > >> copy. > >> > >>> Sure they do... check out svn help mv: > >>> > >>> SRC and DST can both be working copy (WC) paths or URLs: > >>> WC -> WC: move and schedule for addition (with history) > >>> URL -> URL: complete server-side rename. > >>> All the SRCs must be of the same type. > >>> > >>> > >>> The mv will retain all the history. > >>> > >>> If you are on windows you can use the TortoiseSVN repo browser. It > makes > >>> > >> stuff like this very easy. > >> > >>> BOb > >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > >>> > >>> > >>> No virus found in this incoming message. > >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > >>> Version: 9.0.814 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2839 - Release Date: > 04/27/10 > >>> > >> 14:27:00 > >> > >> I've tried that with every combination of file://... I can think of and > >> I keep getting errors. the disk layout is: > >> drive D (Windows XP) > >> d:\archive - normal directory > >> under archive there are multiple repositories, each representing a > >> separate project. > >> I've created a new repository > >> svnadmin create d:\MyArchive > >> I created a directory tree to mirror what I want: > >> d:\temp > >> d:\temp\proj1 > >> d:\temp\proj1\trunk > >> d:\temp\proj1\branches > >> d:\temp\proj1\tags > >> d:\temp\proj2 > >> d:\temp\proj2\trunk > >> d:\temp\proj2\branches > >> d:\temp\proj2\tags > >> ... > >> From d:\temp I ran > >> svn import . file:///MyArchive > >> svn list file:///MyArchive shows the project files > >> > >> Now, how do I get d:\archive\proj1 into d:\MyArchive\proj1\trunk? > >> Here is what I am getting > >> > >> D:\archive>svn mv file:///archive/proj1 file:///MyArchive/proj1/trunk > >> svn: Source and dest appear not to be in the same repository (src: > >> 'file:///archive/crbuild'; dst: 'file:///MyArchive/crbuild/trunk') > >> > >> > > > > Ok, you can't svn mv from one repo to another. Why do you want another > repo? Just move within the same repo: > > > > D:\archive>svn mv file:///archive/proj1/* file:///archive/proj1/trunk > > > > BOb > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 9.0.814 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2840 - Release Date: 04/28/10 > 02:27:00 > > > > > > -- > Steve Kelley > 106 Oklahoma Ave. > Oak Ridge, TN 37830 > 865 482 7131
