How to backup a remote SVN repo while you have not had admin rights?

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I mean you have not access to svnadmin, neither you have access to its files system. I'm going to backup source of my project in codeplex.com.

Many Thanks

UPDATE:

I used:

svnsync initialize file:///d:/fardis_repo https://fardis.svn.codeplex.com/svn

but got error:

svnsync: Repository has not been enabled to accept revision propchanges;
ask the administrator to create a pre-revprop-change hook

duplicate of [Can you backup/create a dump of a subversion repository without direct access to the server?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1984237/can-you-backup-create-a-dump-of-a-subversion-repository-without-direct-access-to) — milahu, Dec 02 '21 at 17:36

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 17 '10 at 14:22

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To use svnsync, you first must create a pre-revprop-change hook script in your local repository.

If you've created your local repository on d:\fardis_repo, then go to d:\fardis_repo\hooks, and create a file named "pre-revprop-change.bat" in that folder. The "pre-revprop-change.bat" should contain one single line:

exit 0

That's all. After that, your command

svnsync initialize file:///d:/fardis_repo https://fardis.svn.codeplex.com/svn

will work just fine.

answered Jun 17 '10 at 14:22

Stefan

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may tnks to your solution. But by following your instruction I got error: svnsync: Storage of non-regular property 'svn:wc:ra_dav:version-url' is disallow ed through the repository interface, and could indicate a bug in your client – Afshar Mohebi Jun 19 '10 at 05:07
Make sure you use svnsync with the same version as you used to create the repository. Or use the latest version. the error indicates a bug in svnsync. – Stefan Jun 19 '10 at 07:18
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My source repository is codeplex.com, that is originally a TFS source control management it just have a SVN bridge, may it be the root cause of problem? – Afshar Mohebi Jun 19 '10 at 14:01
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That might be it. You could search whether this issue has been reported already or if not, file a new issue about this: http://svnbridge.codeplex.com/workitem/list/basic – Stefan Jun 19 '10 at 14:46
on linux, the file is `hooks/pre-revprop-change` (no extension) and it must be executable – milahu Dec 02 '21 at 14:15

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 17 '10 at 11:37

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Use svnsync: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.4/svn.ref.svnsync.html

answered Jun 17 '10 at 11:37

Bart van Heukelom

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I used svnsync bu I got error. Please see my update at question. – Afshar Mohebi Jun 17 '10 at 12:27

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