Renaming SVN repository project name

Question

I have migrated a project from CVS to SVN. Now I need to rename that project. What can be the best possible way to rename it, keeping the all the history intact. The project fol

Answer 1

The original answer (which got accepted) was relevant at the time the question was asked, for the original questions (which has since been edited as well).

Things have changed and as others have pointed out in this thread, there are now better ways to rename repositories and/or projects inside a repository.

I'm going to convert this answer to a community wiki and let others maintain it forward to ensure it stays relevant.