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working copy or in the repository.</p><div class="tip" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Tip</h3><p>This command is equivalent to an <span class="command"><strong>svn
copy</strong></span> followed by <span class="command"><strong>svn
delete</strong></span>.</p></div><p>When moving multiple sources, they will be added as
children of <em class="replaceable"><code>DST</code></em>, which must be
a directory.</p><div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>Subversion does not support moving between working
copies and URLs. In addition, you can only move files
within a single repository—Subversion does not
support cross-repository moving.</p></div><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">WC -> WC</span></dt><dd><p>Move and schedule a file or directory for
addition (with history).</p></dd><dt><span class="term">URL -> URL</span></dt><dd><p>Complete server-side rename.</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="id419236"></a><h2>Alternate Names</h2><p>mv, rename, ren</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="id419247"></a><h2>Changes</h2><p>Working copy, repository if operating on a URL</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="id419257"></a><h2>Accesses Repository</h2><p>Only if operating on a URL</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="id419267"></a><h2>Options</h2><pre class="screen">
--message (-m) TEXT
--file (-F) FILE
--revision (-r) REV (<span class="emphasis"><em>Deprecated</em></span>)
--quiet (-q)
--force
--parents
--with-revprop ARG
--username USER
--password PASS
--no-auth-cache
--non-interactive
--editor-cmd EDITOR
--encoding ENC
--force-log
--config-dir DIR
</pre></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="id419285"></a><h2>Examples</h2><p>Move a file in your working copy:</p><pre class="screen">
$ svn move foo.c bar.c
A bar.c
D foo.c
</pre><p>Move several files in your working copy into a subdirectory:</p><pre class="screen">
$ svn move baz.c bat.c qux.c src
A src/baz.c
D baz.c
A src/bat.c
D bat.c
A src/qux.c
D qux.c
</pre><p>Move a file in the repository (an immediate commit,
so it requires a commit message):</p><pre class="screen">
$ svn move -m "Move a file" http://svn.red-bean.com/repos/foo.c \
http://svn.red-bean.com/repos/bar.c
Committed revision 27.
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