How do you move a file

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I m using TortoiseSVN against the SourceForge SVN repository  I d like to move a file from one folder to another in order to maintain its revision history  Is this possible  If so  how do you do it    My current strategy has been to copy the file into the new folder and check it in and then delete the file from the current folder

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With TortoiseSVN I just move the file on disk.

When I come to commit my changes I select the missing file and the new one and select "Repair move" from the right click menu:

This means I can let my IDE move round files and use it refactoring tools without losing history.

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In TortoiseSVN right click somewhere and go TortoiseSVN   Repo Browser open the repository   All you then have to do is drag and drop the file from one folder to the where you want it   It ll ask you to add a commit message and it defaults it to  Moved file folder remotely

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May also be called   rename  by tortoise  but svn move  is the command in the barebones svn client

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Since you re using Tortoise you may want to check out this link on LosTechies  It should be almost exactly what you are looking for    http   www lostechies com blogs joshua lockwood archive 2007 09 12 subversion-tip-of-the-day-moving-files aspx

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Using TortoiseSVN I just right-click and drag the folder from one location to another   When you release the right-click you ll have the option to  SVN Move Version File    However  I believe that SVN doesn t do anything  fancy  there  but simply deletes the file in the previous location and Adds it to the new location

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Check out section 5 14 2  Moving files and folders  or check out  move  in the Index of the help  of the TortoiseSVN help  You do a move via right-dragging  It also mentions that you need to commit from the parent folder to make it  one  revision  This works for doing the change in a working copy    Note that the SVN items in the following image will only show up if the destination folder has already been added to the repository      You can also do the move via the Repo Browser  section 5 23  The Repository Browser  of the help

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If you are moving folders via Repository Browser  then there is no Move option on right-click  the only way is to drag and drop

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Cut file via operating system context menu as you usually do  then instead of doing regular paste  right click to bring context menu  then choose TortoiseSVN - gt  Paste  make sure you commit from root to include both old and new files in the commit

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i think in the svn browser in tortoisesvn you can just drag it from one place to another

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For TortoiseSVN client    Select the files you wish to move  Right click and drag the files to the folder you wish to move them to  A window will popup after you release the drag and drop on a folder  Click  SVN Move versioned item s  here   After you click the above the commit window message box will appear  Enter a message and submit     Now you are done

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Transferring a file using TortoiseSVN   Step 1 Please Select the files which you want to move  Right-click and drag the files to the folder which  you to move them to  A window will popup after follow the below instruction     Step 2  After you click the above the commit the file as below mention

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If I m not wrong starting from version 1 5 SVN can track moved files folders  In TortoiseSVN use can move file via drag amp drop

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Subversion has native support for moving files   svn move SOURCE DESTINATION   See the online help  svn help move  for more information

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