diff --git a/src/kiosvn/kiosvn.cpp b/src/kiosvn/kiosvn.cpp
--- a/src/kiosvn/kiosvn.cpp
+++ b/src/kiosvn/kiosvn.cpp
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@
 void kio_svnProtocol::mkdir(const QList<QUrl> &urls, int)
 {
     try {
-        m_pData->m_Svnclient->mkdir(svn::Targets::fromUrlList(urls), getDefaultLog());
+        m_pData->m_Svnclient->mkdir(svn::Targets::fromUrlList(urls, svn::Targets::UrlConversion::PreferLocalPath), getDefaultLog());
     } catch (const svn::ClientException &e) {
         extraError(KIO::ERR_SLAVE_DEFINED, e.msg());
         return;
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@
     msg = lt[0];
     svn::Revision nnum = svn::Revision::UNDEFINED;
     svn::CommitParameter commit_parameters;
-    commit_parameters.targets(svn::Targets::fromUrlList(urls)).message(msg).depth(svn::DepthInfinity).keepLocks(false);
+    commit_parameters.targets(svn::Targets::fromUrlList(urls, svn::Targets::UrlConversion::PreferLocalPath)).message(msg).depth(svn::DepthInfinity).keepLocks(false);
 
     try {
         nnum = m_pData->m_Svnclient->commit(commit_parameters);
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@
 void kio_svnProtocol::revert(const QList<QUrl> &urls)
 {
     try {
-        m_pData->m_Svnclient->revert(svn::Targets::fromUrlList(urls), svn::DepthEmpty);
+        m_pData->m_Svnclient->revert(svn::Targets::fromUrlList(urls, svn::Targets::UrlConversion::PreferLocalPath), svn::DepthEmpty);
     } catch (const svn::ClientException &e) {
         extraError(KIO::ERR_SLAVE_DEFINED, e.msg());
     }
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@
 void kio_svnProtocol::wc_delete(const QList<QUrl> &urls)
 {
     try {
-        m_pData->m_Svnclient->remove(svn::Targets::fromUrlList(urls), false);
+        m_pData->m_Svnclient->remove(svn::Targets::fromUrlList(urls, svn::Targets::UrlConversion::PreferLocalPath), false);
     } catch (const svn::ClientException &e) {
         extraError(KIO::ERR_SLAVE_DEFINED, e.msg());
         return;
diff --git a/src/svnfrontend/svnactions.cpp b/src/svnfrontend/svnactions.cpp
--- a/src/svnfrontend/svnactions.cpp
+++ b/src/svnfrontend/svnactions.cpp
@@ -2227,8 +2227,10 @@
         StopDlg sdlg(m_Data->m_SvnContextListener, m_Data->m_ParentList->realWidget(),
                      i18n("Move"), i18n("Moving entries"));
         connect(this, SIGNAL(sigExtraLogMsg(QString)), &sdlg, SLOT(slotExtraMessage(QString)));
-        const svn::Targets t(svn::Targets::fromUrlList(Old));
-        m_Data->m_Svnclient->move(svn::CopyParameter(t, svn::Path(New)).asChild(true).makeParent(false));
+        const svn::Path pNew(New);
+        // either both are local paths -> move in wc, or both are urls -> move in repository
+        const svn::Targets t(svn::Targets::fromUrlList(Old, pNew.isUrl() ? svn::Targets::UrlConversion::KeepUrl : svn::Targets::UrlConversion::PreferLocalPath));
+        m_Data->m_Svnclient->move(svn::CopyParameter(t, pNew).asChild(true).makeParent(false));
     } catch (const svn::Exception &e) {
         emit clientException(e.msg());
         return false;
@@ -2256,13 +2258,14 @@
 
 bool SvnActions::makeCopy(const QList<QUrl> &Old, const QString &New, const svn::Revision &rev)
 {
-    const svn::Targets t(svn::Targets::fromUrlList(Old));
-
     try {
         StopDlg sdlg(m_Data->m_SvnContextListener, m_Data->m_ParentList->realWidget(),
                      i18n("Copy / Move"), i18n("Copy or Moving entries"));
         connect(this, SIGNAL(sigExtraLogMsg(QString)), &sdlg, SLOT(slotExtraMessage(QString)));
-        m_Data->m_Svnclient->copy(svn::CopyParameter(t, svn::Path(New)).srcRevision(rev).pegRevision(rev).asChild(true));
+        const svn::Path pNew(New);
+        const svn::Targets t(svn::Targets::fromUrlList(Old, pNew.isUrl() ? svn::Targets::UrlConversion::KeepUrl : svn::Targets::UrlConversion::PreferLocalPath));
+        // either both are local paths -> copy in wc, or both are urls -> copy in repository
+        m_Data->m_Svnclient->copy(svn::CopyParameter(t, pNew).srcRevision(rev).pegRevision(rev).asChild(true));
     } catch (const svn::Exception &e) {
         emit clientException(e.msg());
         return false;
diff --git a/src/svnqt/targets.h b/src/svnqt/targets.h
--- a/src/svnqt/targets.h
+++ b/src/svnqt/targets.h
@@ -122,7 +122,13 @@
     /** convenience functions
      */
     static Targets fromStringList(const QStringList &paths);
-    static Targets fromUrlList(const QList<QUrl> &urls);
+    enum class UrlConversion
+    {
+        KeepUrl,
+        PreferLocalPath
+    };
+
+    static Targets fromUrlList(const QList<QUrl> &urls, UrlConversion conversion);
 
 private:
     Paths m_targets;
diff --git a/src/svnqt/targets.cpp b/src/svnqt/targets.cpp
--- a/src/svnqt/targets.cpp
+++ b/src/svnqt/targets.cpp
@@ -127,12 +127,13 @@
     return svn::Targets(ret);
 }
 
-svn::Targets Targets::fromUrlList(const QList<QUrl> &urls)
+svn::Targets Targets::fromUrlList(const QList<QUrl> &urls, UrlConversion conversion)
 {
     svn::Paths ret;
     ret.reserve(urls.size());
+    const bool preferLocalFile = conversion == UrlConversion::PreferLocalPath;
     Q_FOREACH(const QUrl &url, urls) {
-        ret.push_back(svn::Path(url.isLocalFile() ? url.toLocalFile() : url.url()));
+        ret.push_back(svn::Path((preferLocalFile && url.isLocalFile()) ? url.toLocalFile() : url.url()));
     }
     return svn::Targets(ret);
 }