SVN

Snippets

Diff only properties of a file

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svn diff -r 299:300 --depth empty file_or_folder # --depth empty = prop only

Show working copy edits

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svn status -u wc

Delete last revision

This can be used, for example, to fix a broken repo.

In the example below, r385 of repo my-repo will be used.

• https://superuser.com/a/315138
• https://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.ref.svnadmin.html
• https://www.saas-secure.com/svn-hosting/svn-dump-restore.html

1. create new repo

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cd c:\path\to\svn\repositories # NOT working copies but the repositories folder
svnadmin create my-repo-TMP

2. dump old repo INTO new repo

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svnadmin dump -r 0:384 my-repo | svnadmin load my-repo-TMP

OR, if it hangs, try this instead

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svnrdump dump http://your-repo/url | svnrdump load http://your-repo-TMP/url

If also this errors out, you might have to create an empty pre-revision repository hook (or with "exit 0" content):

• https://stackoverflow.com/a/44307179
• https://stackoverflow.com/a/44307179

OR, as a last try, dump to a file (> x.dump) THEN load it separately; pay attention to powershell fking up line endings, both in export and import; use cmd instead.

3. (maybe not necessary): set new repo UUID equal to old repo

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svnadmin setuuid my-repo-TMP $(svnlook uuid my-repo)

OR run svnadmin info my-repo and take note of uuid, then run svnadmin setuuid my-repo-TMP <repo-UUID-here>.

4. rename/delete repos

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mv my-repo my-repo-OLD # or just RMove it
mv my-repo-TMP my-repo