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How to rename a repository in SVN?

I need to rename my existing repository root name to a new name.

I am using svnserve server.

URL: svn://somename.dev.loc.con.dept/export/svnrepo/**old_name/CL_abc/trunk
Repository Root: svn://somename.dev.loc.con.dept/export/svnrepo/**old_name

  1. Rename svn://somename.dev.loc.con.dept/export/svnrepo/old_name
    to
    svn://somename.dev.loc.con.dept/export/svnrepo/new_name

  2. In the command line it should be:

    /export/svnrepo/**old_name**  to /export/svnrepo/**new_name**

  3. Need to rename the repo name too

    CL_abc
    to
    CL_newname

Solution

  • You need to do this on the Subversion server that's running the svnserve command. The svnserve command can either take the name of a repository created with the svnadmin create command, or a directory that contains multiple repositories created with the svnadmin command.

    One Repository

    $ hostname
$ mysvn
$ cd /opt/repos
$ svnadmin create foo
$ svnserve -r foo -d

    Accessing that Repository

    $ svn ls svn://mysvn
$ svn mkdir svn://mysvn/trunk svn://mysvn/tags svn://mysvn/branches
$ svn co svn://mysvn/trunk

    In the above example, I created a Subversion repository called foo, and I ran svnserve with that repository as the root of the server.

    When I access that repository, the URL does not have the repository name in it. The root of my URL is simply the machine name. There is nothing to rename.

    Multiple Repositories

    $ hostname
$ mysvn
$ cd /opt/repos
$ svnadmin create foo
$ svnadmin create bar
$ svnserve -r . -d

    Accessing those repositories

    $ svn ls svn://mysvn
svn: E210005: Unable to connect to a repository at URL 'svn://localhost'
svn: E210005: No repository found in 'svn://localhost'
$ svn ls svn://mysvn/foo
$ svn ls svn://mysvn/bar
$ svn mkdir svn://mysvn/bar/trunk svn://mysvn/bar/tags svn://mysvn/bar/branches
$ svn co svn://mysvn/bar/trunk

    In this example, I created two Subversion repository directories called foo and bar under the /opt/repos directory. When I start up svnserve, I give it the name of the directory that contains my Subversion repositories. My repository names are the names of my directories. I have directories foo and bar and that's there names. If I want to change the names of the repositories, I need to change them on the server:

    $ hostname
mysvn
$ pkill svnserve   #Stop the SVN server
$ cd /opt/repos
$ mv bar to fubar  #Change the repo name
$ svnserve -r /opt/repos -d

    Accessing the repository

    $ svn ls svn://mysvn/fubar/trunk

    When I restart the SVN server, my repository has a new name.

    It looks like you need to do the following:

    $ ssh somename.dev.loc.con.dept  #Get on the Subversion server
$ pkill svnserve                 #Shutdown the server
$ mv /export/svnrepo/oldname /export/svnrepo/newname
$ svnserve -r / -d

    Now, you'll be able to access your repository from the new name. However, I would recommend that you simplify your Subversion URL by starting the svnserve process with /export/svnserve as root:

    $ svnserve -r /export/svnrepo -d

    Now, users can access their projects with a slightly shorter name:

    $ svn co svn://somename.dev.loc.con.dept/newname/CL_abc/trunk