/data/subversion *contains* the repositories - it is not a repository
itself.
So, will the /data/subversion/repo01, /data/subversion/repo02, ...
/data/subversion/repo110 automatically be created, or do I have to make
them myself?
On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 4:09 PM, Andreas Stieger <andreas.stieger_at_gmx.de>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
> On 05/02/2018 10:02 PM, Paul Greene wrote:
> > Prior to running svnsync, do I need to create the same folder
> > structure on the destination as on the source?
>
> no, just an empty, randomly named repository.
>
> > i.e. the source has 110 repositories located under /data/subversion. I
> > have a folder named /data/subversion on the destination as well where
> > I want the mirror to go.
>
> You need to have as many repositories on the far side as you need
> mirroring for. The on-disk data will look like this: conf db format
> hooks locks README.txt
> Each of these is a synchronization unit and needs to be set up
> separately. svn does not help you above that level, and below that any
> structure only exists inside the repository tree which is replicated.
>
> >
> > Do I need to manually create all the subversion repository folders
> > under /data/subversion before syncing, along with the same user
> > permissions/ownership? Or does subversion automatically create the
> > folders?
>
> Depends if /data/subversion IS the repository, or CONTAINS repositories.
>
> Andreas
>
Received on 2018-05-02 22:16:45 CEST