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James Sumners
Asked: 2010-08-07 05:52:52 +0800 CST

Move a Subversion server with externals?

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I have just inherited a Subversion server that is a mess. I want to migrate to a new server with a saner file system layout. I figured a svnadmin dump and then svnadmin load for each repository would be sufficient. However, I have learned the repositories make use of svn externals, and mostly absolute externals. Is it possible to move repositories with externals to a new server?

My current configuration:

svn+ssh://subversion.example.com/var/svn/repoA
svn+ssh://subversion.example.com/var/svn/repoB
...
svn+ssh://subversion.example.com/var/svn/repoAA

The configuration I want to move to:

svn+ssh://vcs.example.com/var/repos/internalDepartmentA/repoA
svn+ssh://vcs.example.com/var/repos/internalDepartmentA/repoB
...
svn+ssh://vcs.example.com/var/repos/internalDepartmentB/repoA
svn+ssh://vcs.example.com/var/repos/internalDepartmentB/repoB
...
svn+ssh://vcs.example.com/var/repos/internalDepartmentC/repoA
svn+ssh://vcs.example.com/var/repos/internalDepartmentC/repoB
svn

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Disclaimer: I've never tried this.

    Externals are just properties, and I'm pretty sure those are dumped as plain text. Could you try passing your dump file through a perl(or whatever you're comfortable with) script to modify the properties to the new url?

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