Version Control with Subversion

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Chapter 5: Repository Administration

$ mkdir projectB/tags

...

$ svn import . file:///path/to/repos --message 'Initial repository layout'

Adding projectA

Adding projectA/trunk

Adding projectA/branches

Adding projectA/tags

Adding projectB

Adding projectB/trunk

Adding projectB/branches

Adding projectB/tags

...

Committed revision 1.

$ cd ..

$ rm -rf tmpdir

$

You can verify the results of the import by running the svn list command:

$ svn list --verbose file:///path/to/repos

1 harry May 08 21:48 projectA/

1 harry May 08 21:48 projectB/

...

$

Once you have your skeletal layout in place, you can begin importing actual project

data into your repository, if any such data exists yet. Once again, there are several

ways to do this. You could use the

svn import command. You could check out a

working copy from your new repository, move and arrange project data inside the

working copy, and use the

svn add and svn commit commands. But once we start

talking about such things, we’re no longer discussing repository administration. If

you aren’t already familiar with the

svn client program, see Chapter 3.

Summary

By now you should have a basic understanding of how to create, configure, and

maintain Subversion repositories. We introduced you to the various tools that assist

you with this task. Throughout the chapter,