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RE: Re: migrating and restructuring an svn repository

From: Bicking, David (HHoldings, IT) <David.Bicking_at_thehartford.com>
Date: 2007-10-31 13:47:39 CET

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ryan Schmidt [mailto:subversion-2007b@ryandesign.com]
> On Oct 31, 2007, at 03:04, Luca Ferrari wrote:
>
> > I need to migrate a svn repository to another server and
> I'd like to
> > alter the structure of the repository itself (adding
> directories and
> > splitting a project into two). I need a little help to do that:
> > Does a dump of the repository help me in this (in
> particular with the
> > repository refactoring)? How can I preserve the history of the
> > commits splitting the project into two?
>
> If you want to split one repository into multiple
> repositories, yes, you can do it by dumping the original
> repository to a dumpfile with svnadmin dump, then splitting
> out the one project using svndumpfilter and loading that
> dumpfile into a new repository using svnadmin load, then
> doing the same with the second project.
>

Also take note that there are many answers to this question in the
listserv's archives. A few keywords will pull up dozens of threads,
including some of my own where svndumpfilter3 is referenced.

--
Dave
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