VisualSVN Server configuration files are stored in %VISUALSVN_SERVER%\conf\. svnsync, svnadmin hotcopy) and you can check them in the SVNBook.Īdditionally you may need to get the certificate it's stored in %VISUALSVN_SERVER%\certs\. There are other ways to migrate repositories (e.g. $ svnadmin load /var/svn/repo < REPO.dump Svnadmin dump C:\Repositories\REPO > REPO.dumpĪnd then load the data on a Linux machine: This action would cause the external item to be deleted from its parent repository, probably upsetting many other people. See the SVNBook article "Migrating Repository Data Elsewhere" You should not use the TortoiseSVN Move or Rename commands on a folder which has been created using svn:externals. VisualSVN Server works only on Windows so I assume you already have some Subversion server setup on Linux side. You want to move your repositories from Windows Server 2008 machine with VisualSVN Server (the current location) to a Linux machine? Am I correct? And, as mentioned, I only have enough gas left for one try.Ĭan anyone help? Getting a bit desperate. However, James has no experience with Windows-based SVN, nor access to a Windows box at the moment, and doesn't have any idea which files would be needed nor what would be exactly needed to do the import. There's a crazy gas shortage here, so I essentially have just one shot to drive to the office, stick the necessary files onto a USB stick, and drive home to where I have Internet access, where I can send the files off to our sysadmin (James aka 'blud'). All of our servers in Texas are linux-based. We use the domain to authenticate SVN credentials.
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I desperately need to move our SVN server, hosted in our office, to our off-site servers hosted in Texas, so that I can work from home where I have full electric/Internet.Ĭurrently, our SVN server is VisualSVN and hosted on a headless Windows Server 2003 that serves as our domain controller. Due to Hurricane Sandy, my office currently has electricity but no Internet access, with no ETA (it's been nearly a week, and they are saying it might be another week).