RE: svn relocate on 1.7.0-rc4 doesn't work on subdirectories anymore?

> Hi,
> On subversion 1.6 I am able to:
> svn sw -relocate FROM_URL TO_URL WC/subdir
>
> When I try this on 1.7.0-rc4 I get an error E155019:
> svn: E155019: Cannot relocate 'WC/subdir' as it is not the root of a working
> copy; try relocating 'WC' instead.
>
> I noticed that the "-relocate" option has been deprecated by "svn relocate"
> and from the documentation it changes the url of "the working copy".
>
> Is there a plan to support relocating subdirectories or is this feature "gone"?
>
> Thanks for any help!
> Christian Asmussen
>

I'm curious what's the use case here. Relocate is used when you move a repository to a new location (URL). So, you moved your server but don't want to point the full working directory to the new server location?

BOb
Received on 2011-10-10 15:32:57 CEST