SVN relocate issue with uuid

Question

I have a question about svn switch --relocate . I have an old repository called beta and we are moving to a new SVN server. There I created a new repo called legacy and committed all the files from the beta repository. Now I need to update all the working copies to use the repo legacy . When I do a command for this, it says the UUID doesn't match:

svn switch --relocate file:///var/www/svn/beta https://domain.com/svn/legacy

svn: The repository at 'https://domain.com/svn/legacy' has uuid '3e359681-0317-844a-a84c-80a4a624e59d', but the WC has '35afee29-560b-4976-914e-5bafcd58a7c0'

How can I fix it so that the working copy is connected to the legacy repo?

Answer 1

You can't switch between repositories, if they have different UUID (they are "unrelated"). You have to make

• new fresh checkout from legacy

or

• setuuid legacy for using UUID of beta

Answer 2

The only thing I have found that works is (and this will eliminate your history)

1. Delete the.svn folder in the root of your project
2. Check it in to the new repo.

No amount of fiddling with the UUIDs helped me.