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-----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Levy [mailto:andy.levy_at_gmail.com]
> Sent: 21 July 2009 15:11
> To: Giulio Troccoli
> Cc: users_at_subversion.tigris.org
> Subject: Re: Upgrading a WC
>
> On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 10:05, Giulio
> Troccoli<giulio.troccoli_at_uk.linedata.com> wrote:
> > I am in the process of upgrading my Subversion server from
> 1.4.4 to 1.6.3. For the repositories I have decided to do a
> full dump/load cycle (dump with 1.4.4 and load with 1.6.3)
> after having taking the repositories off-line.
> >
> > During tests I have also notice a disk space save for our
> WCs. We do have two WCs on the server that we use for some
> peculiar automated work. I would like to "upgrade" these WCs
> too, but I would also like to minimise the down time.
> >
> > The WCs have been simply checked-out fresh during test, but
> this takes a long time (they are about 3.5Gb each). So, is
> there a way to do the same without checking out? Something
> similar to "svnadmin upgrade" for a repository?
>
> Sorry to say, you're just spinning your wheels here.
>
> There haven't been any significant space-saving changes made
> to the WC libraries. What bloats the WCs is storing full
> pristine copies of what you've checked out, and that hasn't
> changed in quite a few years (I've been using SVN for 4 years
> and it's been true the whole time).
>
> WC formats are automatically updated the first time your new
> SVN client touches each WC, but you won't see more than a few
> KB saved.
Well, I'm sorry to say that I have notices a save of almost 1Gb per WC after a fresh checkout. I will repeat the test as soon as I have the opportunity anyway, just to double check.
Giulio
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