How to rename a file using svn

Question

When I try svn mv old file name new file name  I get   svn  Path  new file name  is not a directory   What s the correct way   sorry  this seems so trivial  but I m stuck    PS  using svn version 1 6 11  EDIT it seems I get this error only if new file name refers to the name of a file that is currently under version control  In this case  of course  I can simply   mv old file name new file name  svn delete old file name

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It can be if you created new directory at the disk BEFORE create commit it in the SVN  All that you need is just create it in SVN and do move after     svn mv etc nagios hosts us0101 cs us0101ccs001 cfg etc nagios hosts us0101 ccs  svn  E155010  Path   home dyr svn nagioscore etc nagios hosts us0101 ccs  is not a directory    svn status         etc nagios hosts us0101 ccs    rm -rvf etc nagios hosts us0101 ccs removed directory  etc nagios hosts us0101 ccs     svn mkdir etc nagios hosts us0101 ccs A         etc nagios hosts us0101 ccs    svn move etc nagios hosts us0101 cs us0101ccs001 cfg etc nagios hosts us0101 ccs us0101accs001 cfg A         etc nagios hosts us0101 ccs us0101accs001 cfg D         etc nagios hosts us0101 cs us0101ccs001 cfg    svn status A       etc nagios hosts us0101 ccs A       etc nagios hosts us0101 ccs us0101accs001 cfg          gt  moved from etc nagios hosts us0101 cs us0101ccs001 cfg D       etc nagios hosts us0101 cs us0101ccs001 cfg          gt  moved to etc nagios hosts us0101 ccs us0101accs001 cfg

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This message will appear if you are using a case-insensitive file system  e g  on a Mac  and you re trying to capitalize the name  or another change of case   In which case you need to rename to a third  dummy  name   svn mv file-name file-name  svn mv file-name  FILE Name svn commit

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You can do it by following 3 steps    - svn rm old file name  - svn add new file name  - svn commit

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Using TortoiseSVN worked easily on Windows for me   http   tortoisesvn net   Right click file -  TortoiseSVN menu -  Repo-browser -  right click file in repository -  rename -  press Enter -  click Ok  Using SVN 1 8 8 TortoiseSVN version 1 8 5

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The behaviour differs depending on whether the target file name already exists or not  It s usually a safety mechanism  and there are at least 3 different cases   Target file does not exist   In this case svn mv should work as follows     svn mv old file name new file name A         new file name D         old file name   svn stat A       new file name          gt  moved from old file name D       old file name          gt  moved to new file name   svn commit Adding     new file name Deleting   old file name Committing transaction      Target file already exists in repository   In this case  the target file needs to be removed explicitly  before the source file can be renamed  This can be done in the same transaction as follows     svn mv old file name new file name  svn  E155010  Path  new file name  is not a directory   svn rm new file name  D         new file name   svn mv old file name new file name  A         new file name D         old file name   svn stat R       new file name          gt  moved from old file name D       old file name          gt  moved to new file name   svn commit Replacing      new file name Deleting       old file name Committing transaction      In the output of svn stat  the R indicates that the file has been replaced  and that the file has a history   Target file already exists locally  unversioned    In this case  the content of the local file would be lost  If that s okay  then the file can be removed locally before renaming the existing file     svn mv old file name new file name  svn  E155010  Path  new file name  is not a directory   rm new file name    svn mv old file name new file name  A         new file name D         old file name   svn stat A       new file name          gt  moved from old file name D       old file name          gt  moved to new file name   svn commit Adding         new file name Deleting       old file name Committing transaction

[svn] How to rename a file using svn?

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