How to rename an SVN branch and update references in an existing sandbox?

Question

I needed to rename a SVN branch, so I did:

$ svn move https://server/repos/myrepo/branches/oldbranch \\
    https://server/repos/myrepo/branches/newbranch

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Answer 1

Just do

svn switch https://server/repos/myrepo/branches/newbranch

from within your working copy.

Answer 2

If you had simply wanted to rename a SVN branch in Eclipse, the easiest would have been to go into the SVN Repository Exploring Perspective, and then right click on your branch -> Refactor-> Rename

Answer 3

For changing relative path you must to use pure svn switch (and anyway switch --relocate is deprecated), as written in svn help switch for 1-st form

switch URL[@PEGREV] [PATH] Update the working copy to mirror a new URL within the repository.

 This behavior is similar to 'svn update', and is the way to
 move a working copy to a branch or tag within the same repository.

I.e in the root of WC for oldbranch, which is now newbranch, you have to use

svn switch ^/branches/newbranch