Migrating Svn Repositories

Skip to content Follow: RSS Twitter Mr Kirkland Y our all singing an d breakdancing CEO Home About Contact by Mr Kirkland on November 2nd, 2010 For those of you still on SVN (and so I don’t forget) here’ s a few SVN tips for when moving repositories If the repo moves, to a new server or changes protocal (ssh -> https) etc. Then there’s a simple command for seamlessly updating your local checked out copy svn sw itch - - r el oc a t e T o figure out what should be look in the .svn/entries file in the top dir of your local copy. Y ou’ll see something like (for svn+ssh) svn+ ssh: / / user name@svnser ver . com / var / l i b/ svn/ pr oj ect _na me/ t runk svn+ ssh: / / user name@svnser ver . com / var / l i b/ svn/ pr oj ect _na me so if you are moving to new-svnserver .com then you’d use: svn sw i t ch - -rel oca t e svn+ ssh: / / usernam e@ svnser ver . com / var / l i b/ svn/ pr oj ect _na m e/ t r unk svn+ ssh: / / user name@new - svnserver. com / va r / l i b/ svn/ pr oj ect _na m e/ t r unk or perhaps you’re moving to a hostedservice.com and accessing over https: svn sw itch - - r el oc a t e svn+ssh: / / user name@svnser ver . com / var / l i b/ svn/ pr oj ect _na me/ t r unk ht t ps: / / hostedservi ce. com / m ya ccount / pr oj ect _nam e/ t r unk If you happen to h ave a number of projects in the same dir all needing the same migration, here’s a quick shell script to loop through them all: #som e conf i g D A TA _PATH = / pat h/ t o/ pr oj ects moving/migrating svn repositories http://www.mrkirkland.com/movingmigrating-svn-repositories/ 1 of 5 1/24/2012 12:33 AM

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Migrating Svn Repositories