mkdir svntest cd svntest svnadmin create repos DIR=`pwd` mkdir initial mkdir initial/dir1 mkdir initial/dir2 svn import initial file://$DIR/repos -m "Initial import" svn co file://$DIR/repos work svn rm work/dir2 svn commit work -m "Delete dir2" mv repos repos2 cd work svn switch --relocate file://$DIR/repos file://$DIR/repos2