Relocating a Working Copy
At some point during the Apache Subversion development lifecycle, your repository may change location – and therefore get a new URL. This may be because the IP address of the server has changed, or the repository root path in the server setup could have changed.
This can be particularly problematic if you’ve put some serious effort into modifying your working copy, as it effectively prevents you from performing an ‘SVN Commit…’ In this instance, checking out a fresh working copy from the new location and porting your changes across, could be a daunting task! This is where the ‘Relocate’ command comes into play. This command rewrites all the URLs associated with the files and folders in your working copy, with the new URL.
1) Start by selecting the ‘Relocate’ command from the TortoiseSVN menu.
2) Specify the URL you want to switch to and click ‘Ok.’
3) TortoiseSVN will then relocate to the new URL.
Warning! This operation should be used with caution, as if used incorrectly it can corrupt your working copy. In this happens, the only solution is to perform a fresh checkout.
The ‘Relocate’ command should not be used to:
- move to a different Subversion repository.
- switch to a different branch or directory within the same repository.
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