How can I tell SVN that a file was renamed by another tool?

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Published on 2012-09-07T02:35:39Z Indexed on 2012/09/07 3:38 UTC
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I am using Subversion with some files that are managed by another application. I would like to rename the files, but the rename must be done from within the application so that it correctly updates its own metadata. This means that I cannot simply use SVN's rename command — the application's metadata will become inconsistent.

So how can I can I tell SVN that the files in the working copy have been renamed by this application, so that it preserves history in the same way as per the rename command?

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