How do you move a file?

I'm using TortoiseSVN against the SourceForge SVN repository. I'd like to move a file from one folder to another in order to maintain its revision history. Is this possible? If so, how do you do it?

(My current strategy has been to copy the file into the new folder and check it in and then delete the file from the current folder.)

Check out section 5.14.2. Moving files and folders (or check out "move" in the Index of the help) of the TortoiseSVN help. You do a move via right-dragging. It also mentions that you need to commit from the parent folder to make it "one" revision. This works for doing the change in a working copy.

(Note that the SVN items in the following image will only show up if the destination folder has already been added to the repository.)

You can also do the move via the Repo Browser (section 5.23. The Repository Browser of the help).

Subversion has native support for moving files.

svn move SOURCE DESTINATION

See the online help (svn help move) for more information.

With TortoiseSVN I just move the file on disk.

When I come to commit my changes I select the missing file and the new one and select "Repair move" from the right click menu:

This means I can let my IDE move round files and use it refactoring tools without losing history.

In TortoiseSVN right click somewhere and go TortoiseSVN > Repo Browser open the repository.

All you then have to do is drag and drop the file from one folder to the where you want it. It'll ask you to add a commit message and it defaults it to "Moved file/folder remotely"