diff --git a/tests/test-convert-svn-branches b/tests/test-convert-svn-branches
--- a/tests/test-convert-svn-branches
+++ b/tests/test-convert-svn-branches
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ echo % update old branch
 svn ci -m "change b"
 
 echo % create a cross-branch revision
-svn move -m "move b" trunk/b branches/old/c
+svn move trunk/b branches/old/c
 "$TESTDIR/svn-safe-append.py" c branches/old/c
 svn ci -m "move and update c"
 
diff --git a/tests/test-convert-svn-move b/tests/test-convert-svn-move
--- a/tests/test-convert-svn-move
+++ b/tests/test-convert-svn-move
@@ -58,10 +58,19 @@ svn up
 svn rm subproject/trunk/d2
 svn ci -m "changeb and rm d2"
 svn mv $svnurl/subproject/trunk/d1 $svnurl/subproject/branches/d1 -m moved1again
-echo % copy a file from a past revision
-svn copy -r 7 $svnurl/subproject/trunk/d2/d $svnurl/subproject/trunk -m copyfilefrompast
-echo % copy a directory from a past revision
-svn copy -r 7 $svnurl/subproject/trunk/d2 $svnurl/subproject/trunk -m copydirfrompast
+
+if svn help copy | grep 'SRC\[@REV\]' > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+    # SVN >= 1.5 replaced the -r REV syntax with @REV
+    echo % copy a file from a past revision
+    svn copy $svnurl/subproject/trunk/d2/d@7 $svnurl/subproject/trunk -m copyfilefrompast
+    echo % copy a directory from a past revision
+    svn copy $svnurl/subproject/trunk/d2@7 $svnurl/subproject/trunk -m copydirfrompast
+else
+    echo % copy a file from a past revision
+    svn copy -r 7 $svnurl/subproject/trunk/d2/d $svnurl/subproject/trunk -m copyfilefrompast
+    echo % copy a directory from a past revision
+    svn copy -r 7 $svnurl/subproject/trunk/d2 $svnurl/subproject/trunk -m copydirfrompast
+fi
 cd ..
 
 echo % convert trunk and branches
diff --git a/tests/test-convert-svn-tags b/tests/test-convert-svn-tags
--- a/tests/test-convert-svn-tags
+++ b/tests/test-convert-svn-tags
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ mkdir unrelated
 cd ..
 
 svnurl=file://$svnpath/svn-repo/projA
-svn import -m "init projA" projA $svnurl | fix_path
+svn import -m "init projA" projA $svnurl | fix_path | sort
 
 echo % update svn repository
 svn co $svnurl A | fix_path
diff --git a/tests/test-convert-svn-tags.out b/tests/test-convert-svn-tags.out
--- a/tests/test-convert-svn-tags.out
+++ b/tests/test-convert-svn-tags.out
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 % initial svn import
+
+Adding         projA/branches
+Adding         projA/tags
 Adding         projA/trunk
 Adding         projA/unrelated
-Adding         projA/branches
-Adding         projA/tags
-
 Committed revision 1.
 % update svn repository
 A    A/trunk