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FSFS is a Subversion default filesystem implementation.

FSFS (pronounced as eff-ess-eff-ess) is the name of a default filesystem implementation. It stores data in ordinary flat files, using a custom format.

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Subversion FSFS - how are revisions stored in the repository?

I'd like to understand how subversion stores revisions in FSFS, and how a view/shapshot is constructed for a given revision number. What I have gleaned from Googling is that FSFS is a simple directory structure, with sub-directories for each…
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Where does SVN store the data on the server side?

I have created an svn repo on my web host server and successfully commit files to it and updated files from it but I can't seem to actually find the files on the server! My svn repo is in ~/svn/my-first-repo/ which contains the following: ./ ../ …
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What does FSFS stand for as related to subversion?

I have scoured the internet looking for a clear answer and cannot find one. What does it stand for? I am currently trying to set up a new repo for our development team and I would like to know what this term means.
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svn Can't set position pointer in file

I'm having an issue with an svn repository that has been working just fine up to now. I am getting the error svnadmin: Can't set position pointer in file 'repository/db/revs/0/783': Invalid argument for example when I run svnadmin verify Other…
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How do I check what filesystem my SVN repository is using?

I've already created my repository and have been using it for a while. I wanted to check what filesystem data store it is using: Berkeley DB or FSFS. I'm not sure how to check this. I've looked at svnadmin, svnlook, etc. Any hints on how to do this?
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svn hotcopy incremental overwrites existing revisions in backup

I use svnadmin hotcopy --incremental command to create backup. Subversion 1.9.5. It was discovered that this command recreates already backuped revisions files which size exceeds e.g. 120kb in directory db/revs/. Backup log (1st backup was made to…
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Subversion repository type

How can I tell if a respository uses BerkeleyDB or FSFS?
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Missing format file in Subversion FSFS repo

I trying set up http server for very old Subversion repository in VisualSVN Server, Windows Server 2012. When importing in VisualSVN Server (apache+svn 1.8), it says Can't open file 'C:\Reps****\format': The system cannot find the file…
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Best SVN backend benchmarks

Are there benchmarks about the usage, speed, reliability of svn back-end databases? SQLite MySQL PostgreSQL BerkeleyDB Flatfile system Let's say we have 20 people working on the repository concurrently. What to choose?
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Empty or non-existent '/db/txn-current' in a Subversion repository

I've encountered an issue with Apache Subversion repository and I'm looking for the best solution: I can't commit to a Subversion repository and I'm getting the error: svn: E720002: Commit failed (details follow): svn: E720002: Can't open file…
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Artificially inreasing the revision number in a SVN (FSFS) repository

My company is performing a SVN repository migration and I would like to avoid overlapping of revision numbers between the two repositories (which are both active at the time being). My requirement is to force the revision of the new repository to a…
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Recover source code from BDB SVN Repository

I'm trying to recover the source code from an SVN backup which I no longer have the remote repository. This is an old project and it was using BDB as database which is no longer supported by SVN clients. The files in this backup…
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Convert an upgraded SVN repo from linear to sharded?

I had an SVN 1.4 repo with filesystem format 2. I moved it to a new server using hotcopy (couldn't dump/load due to many checksum errors in old revisions). After upgrade, "svnadmin info" gives the following: Repository Format: 5 Compatible With…
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Commit transfer performance for large files to HTTP+SVN server

I have a SVN repository behind an Apache HTTPS server that stores small and large (+1GB) files. When I commit a large file, the transfer speed is about 10MB/sec (using a 1GBit network line). When I look at CPU utilization on the server, it is…
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SVN how to set a FSFS repository to be read only?

I have a couple of FSFS based file system SVN repositories that I wish to switch to be read only. Is there a flag I can enable that will stop svn clients from writing to the repository? Alternatively I could simply remove all write permissions from…
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