svn 1.7 is supposed to follow 301(permanent)/302(temporary) redirects. Are you on 1.7.x?
Tim Watts wrote on Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 09:25:01 +0100: > Lorenz <lorenznl <at> yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Tim Watts wrote: > >> [...] > >> We're changing SVN servers from mod-dav-svn to SCM-Manager - and one > >> minor fly in the ointment is the style of our old repo URI, which was > >> of > >> the form: > > > is there a reason you can't just use 'svn relocate' on the working > > copies? > > -- > > > > Lorenz > > Sir - you are a genius. > > Yes - this would be fine. After all, if a repo working copy is based > off the old server (RIP) then operations will fail, acting as a call to > run svn relocate. Easy to do, easy to document... > > I did not know about that operation. > > Thanks :) > > Tim > -- > Tim Watts > Personal Blog: http://www.dionic.net/tim/