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RE: Committing everything before dump/load ?

From: Bert Huijben <rhuijben_at_sharpsvn.net>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 14:00:37 +0100

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roth, Pierre [mailto:pierre.roth_at_covidien.com]
> Sent: maandag 9 februari 2009 13:57
> To: Bert Huijben; users_at_subversion.tigris.org
> Subject: RE: Committing everything before dump/load ?
>
> > > I have to move our SVN repos from an old 1.4.6 server fo a
> > new 1.5.5
> > > one.
> > > All the working copies of my users are in the 1.4.6 format then.
> > >
> > > Before, shutting down Apache (closing the SVN connection), and
> > > starting my dump/load process, do i have to ask them to commit
> > > everything, unlocking files, etc... Or I just don't need to
> > care about this ?
> >
> > If you just dump the repository and then reload it using
> > 'svnadmin load --force-uuid' your users don't have to do anything.
> >
> > In this case subversion clients will only know the difference
> > when they try to use new features communicating to the server.
> >
>
> Which kind of problem will the users encounter if I forgot to add the
> --force-uuid ?

If the repository you loaded to was empty before it will default to
loading the uuid. (Just like --force-uuid). Adding --force-uuid just
makes it explicit.

        Bert

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