On Aug 4, 2013, at 21:27, Thomas Harold wrote: > On 8/4/2013 6:30 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > >> Check the file /backup/svndump/test3/db/format. > > # cat /backup/svndump/test3/db/format > 6 > layout sharded 1000 > > Okay, so I was looking at the wrong thing. > > That still raises the question (in my mind) of why the two values are > different on a freshly created repository. > > # svnadmin create test4 > # cat test4/format > 5 > # cat test4/db/format > 6 > layout sharded 1000 > > Or is the "format" file in the root used for something else?
Yes, the two files have different purposes. repo/format describes the format of the repository. repo/db/format describes the format of the repository filesystem. http://serverfault.com/questions/277441/difference-between-the-format-and-db-format-files-in-a-subversion-repository
