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Re: how to migrate svn directory

From: Ulrich Eckhardt <eckhardt_at_satorlaser.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 09:32:36 +0200

On Wednesday 01 September 2010, Yunlong Wang wrote:
> my team need to migrate our working svn directory from server A to
> another server B, is there any tool or suggestions?

Wait: "working copies" are scrap space for editing, which you create when
needed and throw away after use. "repositories" are databases that contain
the files including their history. This just to get the terminology right,
because I'm not sure which of the two you mean.

If you mean the working copy, then I wouldn't bother, as it also doesn't
contain the logs you want to preserve. Also, typically every developer has
their own working copy or even multiple working copies. In most cases, you
could simply copy over the existing working copy to the new machine, the
exception being when the new machine has an older version of the SVN client.

If you mean the repository, which is what contains the "valuable" data and the
history, then there is a whole chapter which Ryan gave you. I'd just like to
add something for you to think about: What if the machine had crashed? The
point is that a migration is similar to a recovery procedure after a crash,
and being able to do that should be part of your company's backup plan.

Cheers!

Uli

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