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Dustin Sun
Dustin Sun

Reputation: 5532

Will "svn checkout" get everything from remote

I am making a backup of all of projects from a remote svn host before we terminate our contract with the hosting provider. I am running "svn checkout" to make a copy of each project. Can anyone confirm "svn checkout" is enough to get everything of a project from remote host? If not, what else do I need do?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 60

Answers (1)

bahrep
bahrep

Reputation: 30662

Will “svn checkout” get everything from remote?

No, it will not. Subversion working copies (those you regularly create by issuing the svn checkout command) do not contain your project's version history. If you run svn checkout https://svn.example.com/MyRepo, you will get the latest version of the MyRepo repository.

If not, what else do I need do?

If you need version history, ask the hosting provider to give you a repository dump file. See SVNBook | Migrating Repository Data Elsewhere. You can also generate the dump yourself using the svnrdump tool. Load the dump into a new repository that you create with the svnadmin create command.

You can also setup a repository replica with svnsync on your side.

Upvotes: 1

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