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Andrei Serdeliuc ॐ
Andrei Serdeliuc ॐ

Reputation: 5878

Svn full dump (moving servers)

How would I get a full copy of an SVN repository and import it on another server?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2789

Answers (3)

Bert Huijben
Bert Huijben

Reputation: 19612

If you don't have access to the physical server (and the server runs Subversion 1.4 or later) you could use svnsync to create a local copy of the complete repository.

After that you can use svnadmin to create a dumpfile from your local copy.

See also How do I create a dump file from my subversion hosting account?

Upvotes: 1

Jon Skeet
Jon Skeet

Reputation: 1500785

It depends on the repository type. If you're using fsfs, you can just copy the directory after stopping the server (to make sure you don't copy a transaction which is half completed). I've done that before and it worked flawlessly.

If you're using bdb you should do an svnadmin dump instead. (If the old and new computers are similar in terms of architecture and OS you may well just get away with a directory copy, but dumping the repository would be safer.)

Upvotes: 0

rmeador
rmeador

Reputation: 25704

You want to perform an svnadmin dump. You can get help on this command via svnadmin help dump or reading the docs. You can then load the dump file into your new server using svnadmin load.

Upvotes: 5

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