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SVN migrate / dump local TortoiseSVN repository


I have created an SVN repository on a Windows NAS with TortoiseSVN in Windows Explorer using the context-menu command "Create repository here". Now I want to migrate this repository into a proper SVN installation on an Apache Server on Debian. It is in fact the same computer where the repository is stored right now because the Linux server also acts as a Windows NAS (with Samba).

Now, if I run svnadmin dump /path/to/repo > dump.bak on the server, I get the error message: "Expected File System Format between 1 and 3; found 4".

I haven't installed SVN or Apache on my Windows computer and figure it wouldn't help me much because this non-standard File System Format is probably native to TortoiseSVN, right? However, I don't find an option to dump the repository directly with TortoiseSVN. Does someone know how to do that or is there another way to migrate the repository? Thanks a lot for your help!!!


Solution

  • I think this is exactly what you want SVN Error: Expected fs format between '1' and '3'; found format '4'