Questions tagged [svnsync]

Svnsync allows mirroring subversion repositories.

See also svnsync and .

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svnsync: Base checksum mismatch error

We are getting Base checksum mismatch error while syncing the mirror repository with the master repository. Then we load the new dump of master into mirror repository and again starting syncing the mirror. Can anyone tell me why the bad checksum…
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How can I combine a series of partial svn dumps into a single repository?

I'm trying to recover a remote Subversion repository onto my local machine. I do not have direct access to the server to run shell commands, but I do have full svn permissions on the repository itself. Due to some kind of issue we have yet to…
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Partial svnsync fails at revision when source path was added

I'm trying to make a partial mirror of an external svn repository. According to http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn-book.html#svn.reposadmin.maint.replication.svnsync-partial, this should be possible as of svn 1.5. I followed all the steps…
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Syncing SVN to Mercurial using svnsync & hg convert -- misses svn:externals?

I've created a Mercurial mirror of an SVN repository (using this tutorial: http://oreilly.com/opensource/excerpts/opensource-mercurial/migrating-to-mercurial.html). The sync works great, except I've noticed it's not picking up an external repository…
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Remove specific files from revision history

I am trying to remove specific files from the revision history that I did not mean to commit. Can someone provide a way to do this?
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Can/Should I run svnadmin pack on a mirrored repository

We're mirroring a 1.6 repo using svnsync. We run svnadmin pack once a week on the master repo, but I'm wondering if we can or should also run it on the mirrored repository. From what I understand of SVN internals, the filesystem changes svnadmin…
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how do I work around this error while copying SVN repository by svnsync?

I am copying a repository by using svnsync and am receiving this error on the same revision every time. Transmitting file data ...svnsync: REPORT of 'https://svn1.avlux.net/xxxxxx.net': Could not read response body: Secure connection truncated…
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SVN post-commit hook to modify externals

We have a Subversion setup that makes fairly extensive use of svn:externals (more than 5 external references in one project, and while most are in the same repository, one or two are in a different repository but still on the same server).…
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pre-commit hook to block the commit other than svnsync

I need to maintain a mirrored repository for users(read-only). I need to block all commits except the commit from svnsync. I think I can use a pre-commit hook to block commits other than the svnsync? How can I do this?
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How to extract branches extending trunk from a SVN repository to a new repository with history

I've googled that problem quite a bit , but didn't find what I need. I've a repository that looks like this /Project_A +- trunk +- branches +- Version_1 +- Version_2 +- 1st_Custom_version_for_customer_A +-…
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I want to check out from a mirror, but commit to the master without svn sw --relocate command

I want to check out from a mirror, but commit to the master without svn sw , is it possible? With svn sw --relocate I can do this, but I want to automatically change from slave to master during commits. How svn checkout will work ( Process) Can any…
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Svnsync can't sync repository

I have a read access to remote Subversion repository and i want to clone it via svnsync. The synchronization starts ok and progress well, but near the end i get error that looks like: Transmitting file data ...svnsync: File not found: transaction…
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BASH script to handle "authentication realm"

I have multiple SVN repositories which I intend to synchronize with other SVN server each night using svnsync like this: svnsync synchronize --source-username my_server_user_name --source-password ... --sync-username dest_server_user_name…
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Subversion over HTTP, which command results in the following requests?

I'm currently debugging issues with a proprietary third party svn client that I don't have the source code to (I'm confident it operates around the standard svn command and the user-agent matches that). When being asked to analyze our repo it does…
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How to skip initial revisions in svnsync sync (to fix broken repository)

I want to sync/copy a single project out of a moderate large SVN repo using the (usual) sequence svnadmin create %mirror% rem make insecure dummy hook echo rem dummy > %mirror%\hooks\pre-revprop-change.bat svnsync init %mirror_url%…
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