Transferring local svn to remote forge

Question

Okay, so I developed this program and used SVN for revisions, on a local repository.

Is it even possible to transfer this information to a forge, which is also svn based?

I've been told I need to use git-svn, in which case I would love to have some guidance on how to use it, under Windows, preferrably.

Thanks in advance, --Gabriel

Answer 1

If your new svn host supports svnadmin load that is the most straight forward and compatible way to move a repository.

1. Export your current repository to a file with svnadmin dump.
2. Copy the file to your new host.
3. Load the file into an empty repository with svnadmin load.

Answer 2

For transferring your repository once, or to do it in one direction only, you're looking for svnsync, which should come as part of your Subversion install.

EDIT:

• This works for an empty target repository, or a target repository that has previously been svnsync'd.
• To get the command-line versions for Windows I recommend the Slik SVN builds. They include svnsync.
• This link can be useful: Importing an existing SVN repository into Google Code.