On Nov 1, 2013, at 10:46 AM, Bob Archer wrote:

>> I am getting this svn client message:
>> The working copy at <repository>
>> is too old (format 29) to work with client version '1.8.4 (r1534716)' 
>> (expects
>> format 31). You need to upgrade the working copy first.
>> 
>> I am interested in knowing where "format 29" is stored. My searches have
>> lead me to <repository>/.svn/{entries,format} which both contain a single
>> line with the value of "14" and .svn/wc.db which when dumped with sqlite3
>> "format 29" does not stand out to me.
>> 
>> Can someone point me to some documentation which explains where the
>> repository format information is stored for various version of subversion.
>> 
>> I know in this case that I my repository was last updated by subversion 1.7.x
>> but nonetheless I would like to know how to get the existing repository
>> format info without upgrading or installing older versions of subversion 
>> until
>> one works with an unknown repository format.
>> 
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Bradley Giesbrecht (pixilla)
> 
> 
> I'm pretty sure this message is talking about the WORKING COPY version, not 
> the repository version. Format 29 is probably the working copy format for 
> 1.7.x.


Oh, yes, sorry for leaving out that detail. I have working copies of various 
repositories, some untouched in for a while. I would like to be able to discern 
the format of a working copy without relying on the svn command. Is there a way 
to easily find the format version somewhere in <root>/.svn?


Regards,
Bradley Giesbrecht (pixilla)

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