Branching from deleted path in svn

Question

I want to create a branch off a revision that "doesn't exist". What I have so far:

("/branches" is shorthand for "http://mysvn/myrep/branches)

1. /branches/1.0.x has revs 1-24900
2. I want /branches/myBranch to be at 24900 so I copy the /1.0.x
3. I want /branches/1.0.x to be at 24887 so I delete it in preparation for...
4. svn cp /branches/myBranch:24887 /branches/1.0.x

Which then complains that

svn: Path 'http://mysvn/myrep/branches/myBranch:24887' does not exist in revision 24901

Is there a way I can do this on the server? I really don't like checking out my entire branch

Answer 1

Have a look into "Peg revisions": http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.5/svn.advanced.pegrevs.html

In short, try

svn cp /branches/myBranch@24887 /branches/1.0.x

i.e., replace the colon with '@'.

Answer 2

You need to take advantage of peg revisions. Here's the chapter in the SVN book:
http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.5/svn.advanced.pegrevs.html