Re: Upgrade Subversion Repository from 1.5 into 1.8

On 12/16/2013 9:03 AM, Krishnamoorthi Gopal wrote:
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> Thanks for your clarification pavel..
>
> If i used existing repositories in Subversion 1.8 then how can i benefit
> features in new version..
>
> Shall i use commands like "svnadmin Upgrade" to upgrade my existing
> repos into latest..
>

As Mark says, "svnadmin dump" and "svnadmin load" cycle is the best way
to upgrade older SVN repositories to 1.8 because it will completely
convert it into 1.8 format (including the new space-saving additions to
the repository format).

However, you don't have to do it all at once. You could start running
SVN 1.8 on the server, then upgrade the individual repositories to the
1.8 format at your leisure. We spread our migration out over a few
weeks (going from 1.6 to 1.8 format). So during the migration period we
had a mix of repository formats on the server.

Client-side working copies, however, are much more all-or-nothing. When
the client moves to 1.8, all of the working copies also have to be
upgraded to 1.8. And we still have a few 1.6 and 1.7 clients talking to
our 1.8 server.

Naturally, you should be making good backups of your SVN repositories
daily. And the dump/load cycle is a good time to copy the dump files
off to long-term storage.
Received on 2013-12-17 17:42:38 CET