<p>Via command line, I usually do this:</p>

<pre><code>cp -rRp /path/to/a\_folder/. /path/to/another\_folder
</code></pre>

<p>This copies just the contents underneath <strong>a_folder</strong> to <strong>another_folder</strong>. In SVN I need to do the same thing, but can't figure it out. I always end up with this:</p>

<pre><code>/path/to/another\_folder/a\_folder
</code></pre>

<p>SVN throws up even when I try this:</p>

<pre><code>svn copy file:///path/to/a\_folder/* file:///path/to/another\_folder
</code></pre>

<p>It says it does not exist.</p>

<p><strong>EDIT:</strong></p>

<p>This would probably help. The directory structure for my project looks like this:</p>

<pre><code>my_project
  /branches
  /tags
  /trunk
  /vendor
    /1.1
</code></pre>

<p>I need to get the contents of 1.1 under vendor into the trunk without it actually copying the 1.1 folder.</p>

Have you considered using svn merge?
Given a repo like this:
```
```
trunk/a_folder/foo
trunk/a_folder/bar
trunk/new_folder/baz
```
```
use these commands to merge the foo and bar directories:
```
```
cd trunk/new_folder
svn merge -r1:HEAD http://svn/repo/trunk/a_folder .
```
```