>
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to filter an svn dump to get only one module (ModuleA) from
> the repository. A simplistic representation of the repository is as
> follows -
>
> trunk ---
> --- ModuleA
> --- ModuleB
> --- ModuleC
> --- ModuleD
>
> tags ----
> --- ModuleATag1.1
> --- ModuleATag1.2
> --- ModuleATag2.0
> ...............
> --- ModuleBTagx.x
> ...........
>
>
>
> I'm interested in getting /trunk/ModuleA and all /tags/ModuleATagx.x
> The svndumpfilter works fine for the trunk folder using the
> svndumpfilter include command. However, for the tags it runs into a
> problem. The issue is that the repo has been tagged by copying at the
> root level. So /tags/ModuleATagx.x have been created by copying /trunk.
> Therefore /tags/ModuleATagx.x have the following structure
>
> /tags/ModuleATagx.x -----
> ----ModuleA
> ----ModuleB
> ----ModuleC
> ......
>
> Implying all tags contain the entire folder structure.
>
>
> My question is as follows - Is there anyway that I can filter the dump
> so as to get only /tags/ModuleATagx.x/ModuleA?
>
> Since the tags were created by copying at the root level, if I specify
> the /tags/ModuleATagx.x/ModuleA to be included in the svnfilter dump
> command, I do not get anything. If I try to get the complete tag i.e.
> /tags/ModuleATagx.x, I get an error since it needs the entire trunk. I
> tried using svndumpfilter2 and svndumpfilter3, to get the complete tags
> i.e. /tags/ModuleATagx.x, but did not get much joy. They run too slowly
> and hang in the initial stages.
>
> This is a big repository with quite a few moves, so the above is not the
> only issue that I am facing. However, I am able to get around the other
> issues by some workarounds - like including some extra folders or by
> splitting the dump into revisions and hand selecting the ones to load.
>
> Regards
>
