[ old thread, but I'd like to add this warning to the archives: ] > > > > If you ensure that no commits happen during the backup period you > > > > could use rsync instead. > > > > > > It is not safe to rsync live Subversion filesystems. (the result may or > > > may not be corrupt) > > > > That's why I said that no commits should happen. But thanks for > > spelling it out more explicitly. > > I believe an SVN repo can be put into read-only mode quickly by
Your suggested method may cause corruption in two different ways. > linking the pre_commit hook to /bin/false (linking is believed to be > an atomic operation, so no race conditions) and wait a bit to let all > commits finish. Read operations are guaranteed to not alter the repo > files. rsyncing should then be ok, but I still prefer to hotcopy since > this is the canonical way to go... >
