RE: Creating and Verifying a Reliable backup
> From: Michael Schwager [mailto:mschw...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2016 10:25 AM > To: users@subversion.apache.org > Subject: Re: Creating and Verifying a Reliable backup > > Following is an update to my question of Jun 1, where I ask the following > question: > ... snip verify/backup/verify/rsync/verify script... > If you're not already doing it, you might want to pack your repos in order to the make the backups and/or copying faster. Working on thousands of small files is incredibly slow/inefficient. http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.reposadmin.maint.html#svn.reposadmin.maint.diskspace.fsfspacking However, I'm not sure what the pros/cons of packing are in regards to rsync.
Re: Directions on SVN from 2008 to 2012 (UNCLASSIFIED)
Hello Mary, On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 7:25 PM, Covington, Mary E CTR USARMY RDECOM (US) wrote: > > CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED > > Hi, we are transitioning from a 2008 server to 2012. Can you provide me > directions on how to setup the 2012 server and move all of the data from the > 2008 server. Thanks. I'm sure that you are not asking about how to setup Windows Server 2012, but about how to move your existing Subversion server installation and the repositories to a new server machine. Right? In such case, you could provide us with a bit more information about your current Subversion installation just because it's very hard to give you any directions without knowing at least the basic information such as whether you build the Subversion server yourself or use some Subversion server package such as VisualSVN Server or SVN Edge (what's the version of the server package, BTW?), which Subversion version and maybe Apache HTTP Server you run now in case you build the server yourself. But the basic step-by-step procedure is going to look like: 1. Install and configure the Subversion server on the new machine. 2. Move your repositories to the new machine. For instructions, read SVNBook | Migrating Repository Data Elsewhere: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.8/svn.reposadmin.maint.html#svn.reposadmin.maint.migrate 3. Make sure to move your repository hook scripts if there are any and check that they work as expected. I'd like to note again that this is the most basic instruction. At the moment, there is not enough info available about your current SVN server installation to give a detailed advice tailored to your particular situation. -- With best regards, Pavel Lyalyakin VisualSVN Team
Directions on SVN from 2008 to 2012 (UNCLASSIFIED)
CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED Hi, we are transitioning from a 2008 server to 2012. Can you provide me directions on how to setup the 2012 server and move all of the data from the 2008 server. Thanks. R/S Mary Covington Software Configuration Management SED Precision Fires mary.coving...@amrdec.army.mil (W) 256.313.0083 (C) 256.431.3615 CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED
"svn update --set-depth=exclude" exits prematurely, leaving repo in need of cleanup
When excluding a subtree from the working copy, if any unversioned items are present then the svn update command fails silently, leaving the working copy locked and requiring cleanup. This is with version 1.9.4, the current release. Reproducing the problem is fairly straightforward. Create a new repo (or just use an existing one): $ svnadmin create repo $ svn checkout file://`pwd`/repo wc Checked out revision 0. Add a directory and subdirectory: $ cd wc $ mkdir dir $ mkdir dir/subdir1 $ svn add dir A dir A dir/subdir1 $ svn commit -m "Added dir" Adding dir Adding dir/subdir1 Committing transaction... Committed revision 1. Create another subdirectory, without adding it to the repo: $ mkdir dir/subdir2 Now, let's exclude "dir" from the working copy: $ svn update --set-depth exclude dir D dir/subdir1 OK, so svn says it has deleted "dir/subdir1", but has left "dir" alone. Fair enough, as "dir" contains the unversioned item "subdir2". But wait - let's take a peek: $ ls dir subdir1 subdir2 Huh? What is "subdir1" still doing there? Let's quickly do a regular update: $ svn update svn: E155037: Previous operation has not finished; run 'cleanup' if it was interrupted Oooh, that's not good! Let's take a closer look: $ svn status L . L dir ? dir\subdir1 ? dir\subdir2 Yikes! Looks like svn bailed out without finishing the job. This must be a bug, right? Any chance somebody can take a look at it? Thanks!
Help wanted improving the SVN FAQ
Hi all, I'd like to improve our FAQ [1] a bit. Any input from you, the users, is most welcome. Do you have suggestions on how to make it better? Questions that you really think should be on there? Answers that desperately need to be updated / improved? To give us the ability to "clean up" a bit, I've introduced a "Deprecated FAQ" section at the bottom of the page. The intention is to move questions only applicable to old releases over there, so they're out of the way of the "main FAQ" (but still reachable by old links). I think the "main FAQ" should focus on the currently supported releases (currently 1.9 and 1.8). This is work in progress. Any input is most appreciated. [1] http://subversion.apache.org/faq.html -- Johan
