I need to copy the existing SVN repository from one development server to another. Per my understandings, I have come up with the steps. It would be great if someone can verify and let me know if I have missed any point.
Current server: dev10.dev.location.somename.com
Current repo location: dev10$/export/svnrepo/reponame
URL: svn:// dev10.dev.location.somename.com/export/svnrepo/newrepo/trunk
New server: dev11.dev.location.somename.com
New repo location: dev11$/export/svnrepo/newrepo
I would like to have a URL like svn://dev11.dev.location.somename.com/export/svnrepo/newrepo/trunk. Do I need to import the new repository?
SVN server --- **svnserve**
Steps:
Install svnserve server in dev11
Check working directory is fully checked-in at dev10 to Subversion, and back it up.
Dump the Subversion repository. This is done with an svnadmin
command: at dev10
svnadmin dump /export/svnrepo/reponame | gzip -9 - > reponame.dump.gz
Create the new subversion repository ---- at dev11. To create a repository, ‘newrepo’, run the svnadmin create
command from $SVNHOME/bin. Provide fullpath to the repository at dev11.
svnadmin create /export/svnrepo/newrepo
Copy the reponame.dump.gz file up to the dev11 server.
Load the dumpfile into the new repository: at dev11
zcat reponame.dump.gz | svnadmin load /export/svnrepo/newrepo
Checkout the new repository to a directory at dev11
svn co svn:// dev11.dev.location.somename.com/export/svnrepo/newrepo/trunk
Switch my working directory to the new repository.