How to find out Subversion repository version?

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Sumrak picture Sumrak · Nov 12, 2008 · Viewed 64.2k times · Source

How can I determine current version of my repository to see if I need to upgrade it (svnadmin upgrade)?

In reality I'm hosting SVN with 3rd party and I want to find out if I need to ask them to upgrade my repos or not.

I'm asking since 1.5 server will keep repo version at 1.4, unless I miss something?

Answer

bdumitriu picture bdumitriu · Nov 12, 2008

Have a look at <REPO>/db/format. After upgrading to 1.5 format, my format file shows:

3
layout sharded 1000

Before it used to be:

2

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