Re: Importing several version of code from zip files?

On Wednesday 12 December 2007, Jorge Canas wrote:
> I am trying to start using subversion to do version control for
> software which up to now I had foolishly maintained by archiving
> full versions of the entire software tree in individual zip files, one
> for each version of the tree.
>
> So, I am wondering what the easiest way of importing this to subversion
> is while at the same time being able to submit some history information
> with each version.
>
> I saw that there was a similar thread on this mailing list on Oct 9th
> 2004. At the time, Gerhard Wiesinger suggested the use of the
> svn_load_dirs.pl script

This is still a good idea. Other than Ryan, I would also use it for the
initial import, i.e. not use 'svn import' to import the first version.

> I think this will work for me, but I would also like to be able submit
> history information with each bulk import performed by svn_load_dirs.pl,
> does anyone know how to do that with the script?

It's not possible yet (it shouldn't be too hard to hack that script to do it
for you though). However, you can still change the commit messages
afterwards, provided you have a pre-revprop-change hook (or something like
that) installed.

> Also, just to make sure I understand it correctly, each bulk import
> (ie. every time I run the script) would only increase the version number
> of the repository by one, even though several files are being modified,
> added or removed: correct?

Yes, it should only generate a single new revision.

Just create a test repository and try it, you will see how it works.

Uli

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