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Lost access to isolated Subversion repo


Long ago, an engineer created a TortoiseSVN repo on a PC that is not connected to any network. The entire installation was local to that PC. To my knowledge, the repo was never accessed by any other user. I do not have the engineer's password. The auth directory is empty - there are no cached credentials.

I now need to access this repo.

Question: Should I just abandon the repo, create a new one and import the files that we assume were associated with the original repo...or is there a solution that would allow me to retain all the old data and history?

Thanks


Solution

  • If it is repo, created in SomeDir by TSVN command "Create repository here" you can copy this Somedir whole directory into any location and get access to stored data using file:/// protocol (checkout from client, create portable dump with svnadmin).

    Repo dir output

     Directory of Z:\repo
    
    30.11.2012  12:02    <DIR>          .
    30.11.2012  12:02    <DIR>          ..
    30.11.2012  12:02    <DIR>          locks
    30.11.2012  12:02    <DIR>          hooks
    30.11.2012  12:02    <DIR>          conf
    30.11.2012  12:02               234 README.txt
    30.11.2012  12:02    <DIR>          db
    30.11.2012  12:02                 2 format
    30.11.2012  12:02           180 467 svn.ico