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Moving Directories in a SVN Repository using Tortoise SVN

Moving a directory that is already under SVN using Tortoise SVN isn’t as straightforward as this question and answer on Stackoverflow.com appears to suggest – the SVN Move versioned files here option isn’t always available…

So how do you move versioned directories to another location in the repository?

  • Create the new directory and add that directory to SVN using the Tortoise SVN Add command (no need to commit at this stage!) *or* move to a directory that is already under source-control
  • Right-click and drag the directory that is to be moved to the new directory (above) and select the SVN Move versioned files here option, as follows:

  • If the directory you’re moving to isn’t Tortoise Aware (i.e. hasn’t been added or isn’t already under source control), you won’t get the option, as follows:

  • Once the directory has been moved, commit the changes as usual.
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4 Responses to “Moving Directories in a SVN Repository using Tortoise SVN”


  1. 1 phenry

    At last, the right answer… thanks.

  2. 2 Erwan

    Exactly what I needed, thanks

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