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I have imported an unversioned directory into an empty SVN repository then want that same directory to be versioned but there are a lot of files and Checkout is taking a long time. is there a way to set the current set of files to be equal to the current version in repository or some similar solution?

Jeremy M
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    Sounds like an exact duplicate of [How to convert an existing directory to an Svn WC w/o replacing local files?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/861005/how-to-convert-an-existing-directory-to-an-svn-wc-w-o-replacing-local-files)... alas, that question has not yet found a solution. – Michael Sorens Aug 23 '12 at 13:49
  • Yeah, it's the same problem as that post. Seems like there's no solution, though I've posted an answer below which means only copying the files one time, not two – Jeremy M Aug 24 '12 at 02:22

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I found one way to do this: create an empty repository then check it out into the folder of existing files - nothing will be added or removed - then commit the files. And one tip: if you can, use the SVN protocol instead of HTTP/S as it's much faster

Jeremy M
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