How to change the SVN URL to commit to?

Question

I have somehow managed to change the remote URL of the SVN repository. Thus, Idea/svn now tries to commit my project to the root of the repository instead of the subfolder that I actually have write access to. How can I change this back? (The URL was originally correct and managed to commit correctly before)

Answer 1

Repository URL is stored in the working copy metadata, IDEA doesn't change it automatically. You can change it manually from IntelliJ IDEA using the VCS | Subversion | Relocate menu.

It can also be done from the command line with svn relocate or Tortoise SVN Relocate... menu.

Answer 2

If your project is not stored at the root of your repository (ex: my-svn-repo/my-project/trunk) and, for example, you renamed my-projectto my-awesome-project then the Relocate functionality wont work because it's related to a repository and not its sub-folders. In this case you will have to do a "Switch" using:

• IntelliJ Idea : VCS > Update Project > Select the newly renamed folder or;
• Tortoise SVN : Switch > Select the new folder