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Re: Meaning of numbers in format file ?

From: Hyrum K. Wright <hyrum_wright_at_mail.utexas.edu>
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:09:46 +0000

On Feb 16, 2010, at 12:08 PM, Phil Pinkerton wrote:

>
>
> Hyrum K. Wright wrote:
>> On Feb 16, 2010, at 11:47 AM, Phil Pinkerton wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Sorry the format file that is in each repository directory <repo name>/format
>>>
>>> Hyrum K. Wright wrote:
>>>
>>>> To which format file are you referring?
>>>>
>>>> On Feb 16, 2010, at 11:40 AM, Phil Pinkerton wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> my guess is 5=1.6
>>>>> 4=1.5
>>>>> 3=1.4
>>>>> 2= < 1.4
>>>>>
>>>>> please correct me if I am wrong
>>>>>
>>
>> See the note at the top of:
>> http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/subversion/libsvn_repos/repos.h
>>
>> -Hyrum
>>
>>
>>
> The reason I asked is I am looking for a way to identify the subversion version that was used to create a particular repository.
>
> The Subversion Server started as 1.4.2 was upgraded to 1.5.2 then 1.6.5 various repositories were created during each version and I need to know which repositories are associated with a particular Subversion version.
> I was hoping the format file was the answer, but not quite.
>
> any ideas ?
>
> thanks for your response it was very helpful.

Have you tried looking at $REPO/db/format ?

-Hyrum
Received on 2010-02-16 13:10:27 CET

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