Re: [TSVN] How do you backup/restore a local repository

Russell Munk wrote:

> I've set up a local repository (BDB) on my Win2K machine and
> imported/checked-out my files. I now want to include the repository in
> my backup. Should I just backup the repository folder? Would simply
> restoring the backup restore the repository to a working condition?

As long as you can be _absolutely_ sure that no one else is accessing
the repository (neither reading or writing), then you can simply copy
the repository folder to your backup tape/hd/...

But if you can't be sure of that, then you should use the svnadmin
command (you get the svnadmin tool when you download the Subversion
command line client). Then you can do the following:
svnadmin hotcopy path/to/repository path/to/backup

This is also the recommended way because it's much safer.

Stefan

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