Version Control with Subversion, 2nd Edition
by C. Michael Pilato, Ben Collins-Sussman, Brian W. Fitzpatrick
Name
svn import — Commit an unversioned file or tree into the repository.
Synopsis
svn import [PATH]URL
Description
Recursively commit a copy of
PATH to URL.
If PATH is omitted, “.” is assumed. Parent directories
are created in the repository as necessary. Unversionable items such
as device files and pipes are ignored even if
--force is specified.
Alternate names
None.
Changes
Repository.
Accesses repository
Yes.
Options
--auto-props --depth ARG --editor-cmdEDITOR--encodingENC--file (-F)FILE--force --force-log --message (-m)TEXT--no-auto-props --no-ignore --quiet (-q) --with-revpropARG
Examples
This imports the local directory myproj into trunk/misc in your repository. The directory trunk/misc need not exist before you import into it—svn import will recursively create directories for you:
$ svn import -m "New import" myproj \
http://svn.red-bean.com/repos/trunk/misc
Adding myproj/sample.txt
...
Transmitting file data .........
Committed revision 16.
Be aware that this will not create a directory named myproj in the repository. If that’s what you want, simply add myproj to the end of the URL:
$ svn import -m "New import" myproj \
http://svn.red-bean.com/repos/trunk/misc/myproj
Adding myproj/sample.txt
...
Transmitting file data .........
Committed revision 16.
After importing data, note that the original tree is not under version control. To start working, you still need to svn checkout a fresh working copy of the tree.