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

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

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

So far, so good -- the branch has bee开发者_运维问答n renamed.

The trouble is, we have existing sandboxes checked out from this branch and when I try to update I get this error:

$ svn update
svn: Target path '/branches/oldbranch' does not exist

A fairly self-explanatory error. After a quick search I thought I had found the solution: Relocating SVN working copy following branch rename

The trouble is, that when I try to issue that command I get another error:

$ svn switch --relocate https://server/repos/myrepo/branches/oldbranch \
    https://server/repos/myrepo/branches/newbranch
svn: Relocate can only change the repository part of an URL

As far as I can see, I am using the --relocate command the same way as Sander Rijken. Any ideas why I get this error?

Just do

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

from within your working copy.

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

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