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Subversion: Move folder from one repository to another

A branch of a project went into a totally different direction. Therfor I wanted to move that specific folder into a new repository e.g.:

svn://myserver/repo1/branches/crazyrefactor/
svn://myserver/repo2/trunk/

To archive this there are several steps needed. You will need shell access to the server where the repository is located.

  1. Backup the source repository (creating a dump) and filter the specific source folder
  2. Create the new repository and the folder structure
  3. Import the dump file into the new repository
  4. Move the folder to trunk Read more »