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)