<p>How do I create a branch in subversion that is deeper' than just the 'branches' directory?</p>

<p>I have the standard <code>trunk</code>, <code>tags</code> and <code>branches</code> structure and I want to create a branch that is several directories deeper than the 'branches' tag.</p>

<p>Using the standard svn move method, it gives me a <strong>folder not found</strong> error. I also tried copying it into the branches folder, checked it out, and the 'svn move' it into the tree structure I wanted, but also got a 'working copy admin area is missing' error.</p>

<p>What do I need to do to create this?</p>

<p>For the sake of illustration, let us suppose I want to create a branch to go directly into 'branches/version_1/project/subproject' (which does not exist yet)?</p>

```
```
svn copy --parents http://url/to/subproject http://url/to/repository/branches/version_1/project/subproject
```
```
That should create the directory you want to put the subproject in (
```
--parents
```
means "create the intermediate directories for me").