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Changing folder names in Visual Studio when using SVN

I am using VS2008/VS2010 with Resharper 5, TortoiseSVN 1.6.8.19260-x64, and AnkhSVN 2.1.8420.8. Most operations I do in Visual Studio are reflected fine in SVN, however, renaming folders in a project can cause problems when I try to submit my changes. Also all the namespaces in the C# source files under the renamed folder need to be updated to reflect the name change.

What is the best way to rename the main project folder or any sub folders and ensure there are no issues with SVN? Should it be done outside Visual Studio?

What is the best way to update all the namespace changes? Is search/replace the only way?

Are there any best practices regarding folder names and their contents?

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Brian R. Bondy  2010-05-16 21:56:08
Renaming outside of Visual Studio means you have to fix up the project file later, either by excluding and bringing in new files, or by manually editing it. When renaming in Visual Studio, it's a one step process
Sander Rijken  2010-07-09 23:50:05
@Sander, but renaming in Visual Studio does not tell TortoiseSVN about the rename, this leads to lots of problems in TortoiseSVN
Ian Ringrose  2010-09-28 13:09:02
No, the question was about using AnkhSVN. AnkhSVN tracks the rename and makes sure the rename is correctly registered in the svn working copy
Sander Rijken  2010-09-28 18:04:40
@Sander: I added this info above. I would have deleted instead, but I can't since it is the accepted answer.
Brian R. Bondy  2010-10-15 11:48:43
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What I typically do when having to perform a folder renaming is first renaming the folder using tortoiseSVN, then Excluding/Including the folder in VS and finally renaming all the namespaces (with Resharper it's just a matter of going file by file and Alt+Enter(ing) on the namespace directive to rename as appropriate.

Anero  2010-05-16 21:57:14
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You should be able to rename folders inside Visual Studio when running AnkhSvn. Also when using refactoring tools like Resharper to change the namespace according to the new folder name, everything works as expected for me.

Sander Rijken  2010-06-10 21:38:36
I do wonder why this was downvoted. The question was about using the Resharper, AnkhSVN, TortoiseSVN combination. With that combination renaming with or without resharper from within Visual Studio is the best way to go, because it changes both the actual folder, the project file, and the Subversion working copy.
Sander Rijken  2010-09-28 18:05:58

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