title: Rearranging project after SVN checkout
body: <p>This is probably SVN 101, but I have to ask:</p>
  
  <p>I'm working on a project that has kind of a lame directory structure. In order to get it building and running in my favorite IDE, after I check the project out, I copy the whole project to a different directory and move things around to my (and my IDE's) liking.</p>
  
  <p>So my basic question is this: can I safely edit/update/merge a file that is in a different directory strcuture than the repository's directory structure?</p>
  
  <p>E.g., if I check out <code>/home/me/dev/proj/index.jsp</code> and then copy it (and its .svn metadata) to <code>/home/me/dev/better-proj/web/index.jsp</code>, the fact that index.jsp resides in a different directory should be okay with regard to its SVN status, right? Wrong? Or am I just asking for trouble?</p>