On Fri, 27 Dec 2024 16:44:05 +0100, Bo Berglund <bo.bergl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>So it seems like this svnadmin does not actually have an -F argument...
>
>Do I really have to *pipe* a cat of the dumpfile into svnadmin?
>In that case what is the Windows version of cat?
>
>
>So I looked in the RedBean "manual" and found this:
>
>$ svnadmin load /var/svn/restored < repos-backup
>
><<< Started new txn, based on original revision 1
> * adding path : test ... done.
> * adding path : test/a ... done.
>
>where they place the dumpfile (repos-backup) last with a < char in front of it.
>Does this work on Windows? If so is this correct for this job:
>
>svnadmin load E:\SVNREPOS\repositoryname < dumpfilename
>
>I don't want to do this erroneously and screw up the repositories....
I have now stumbled across the svnrdump command also part of subversion it
appears...
AFAICT svnrdump can be used for both dump and load and it can use a remote URL
for the activity too.
But I am not really sure how, and I have failed to find any example valid for
the VisualSVN server on Windows...
If I do a check on my Linux server I see this:
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$ svnrdump help load
load: usage: svnrdump load URL
Load a 'dumpfile' given on stdin to a repository at remote URL.
Valid options:
-q [--quiet] : no progress (only errors) to stderr
--skip-revprop ARG : skip revision property ARG (e.g., "svn:author")
-F [--file] ARG : read from file ARG instead of stdin
--config-dir ARG : read user configuration files from directory ARG
--config-option ARG : set user configuration option in the format:
FILE:SECTION:OPTION=[VALUE]
For example:
servers:global:http-library=serf
--username ARG : specify a username ARG
--password ARG : specify a password ARG
...
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But if done on the actual VisuaSVN server, which is a bit old:
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H:\>svnrdump help load
load: usage: svnrdump load URL
Load a 'dumpfile' given on stdin to a repository at remote URL.
Valid options:
-q [--quiet] : no progress (only errors) to stderr
--skip-revprop ARG : skip revision property ARG (e.g., "svn:author")
--config-dir ARG : read user configuration files from directory ARG
--config-option ARG : set user configuration option in the format:
FILE:SECTION:OPTION=[VALUE]
For example:
servers:global:http-library=serf
--username ARG : specify a username ARG
--password ARG : specify a password ARG
...
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Notice the absence of the -F argument on our actual server! :(
That being said, can I use the command with a remote URL, say on my Linux mirror
server holding the backup?
It must probably be connected by VPN in that case since the SVN server is not
public, just accessible on the LAN via https, right?
In that case I don't have to move the dump files to the server just issue a
command like this (on one line):
$ svnrdump -F dumpfile --username myname --password mypassword load
https://svnservername/svn/repo
If this works then I don't need to bother with the Windows ways of doing
stuff....
Please advice!
--
Bo Berglund
Developer in Sweden
