From users-return-1971-daniel=haxx.se@subversion.apache.org Thu Apr 1 22:07:10 2010 Return-Path: Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by giant.haxx.se (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-9) with SMTP id o31K78IC021409 for ; Thu, 1 Apr 2010 22:07:09 +0200 Received: (qmail 41805 invoked by uid 500); 1 Apr 2010 20:07:10 -0000 Mailing-List: contact users-help@subversion.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Delivered-To: mailing list users@subversion.apache.org Received: (qmail 41798 invoked by uid 99); 1 Apr 2010 20:07:10 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:07:10 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.7 required=10.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (nike.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [76.96.59.227] (HELO qmta12.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net) (76.96.59.227) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:07:01 +0000 Received: from omta15.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.87]) by qmta12.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 0BPg1e0051swQuc5CL6gP7; Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:06:40 +0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] ([67.172.159.220]) by omta15.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 0LAz1e0034lcM433bLB1hS; Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:11:02 +0000 Message-ID: <4BB4FCC4.6010801@edingo.net> Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:06:28 -0600 From: David Bartmess User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100317 Thunderbird/3.0.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: users@subversion.apache.org Subject: Re: Can I not use svnadmin load with a remote repository? References: <4BB4BFB3.3060906@edingo.net> <4B6F0239C13D0245820603C036D180BCA62E54@CABOTUKEXCH01.cabot.local> In-Reply-To: <4B6F0239C13D0245820603C036D180BCA62E54@CABOTUKEXCH01.cabot.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org On 4/1/2010 12:26 PM, Jon Foster wrote: > Andy Levy wrote: > >> David Bartmess wrote: >> >>> My company has done a preliminary spec for moving from CVS to >>> Subversion, using the python script cvs2svn. The cvs2svn script >>> works fine, but when I try to do an svnadmin load of the dump >>> file created, using the Assembla https URL, it complains that >>> it can't find a "format" file. >>> >>> After quite a bit of web searching, I think I see the problem. >>> The path for the destination of where to load the dumpfile >>> contents seems to have to be a file path, not a URL. Is this >>> right? Or am I missing something? >>> >> svnadmin requires local filesystem access for everything it does. >> > Yep. Your SVN host (Assembla) might be able to take your dump file > and load it for you - try asking them or filing a support request. > If they won't do that, then you can work around this by: > > 1) Create a new empty repository on your hard disk. > > 2) Use svnadmin load to load the dump file into your local repository. > (Note: cvs2svn has the option to create a new repository for you, > which would let you skip steps 1 and 2). > > 3) Use "svnsync" to sync from your local repository to the real one. > Note that the target repository has to be completely empty to do > this. > > 4) Delete your temporary local repository. > > Kind regards, > > Jon > That sounds like a plan. Even though we have quite a few projects to be imported, and we're doing them one by one, I can remove the repository and create a clean one, then svnsync to it from the repository on my local machine. I'll check it out and try it. Thanks! -- "Dingo" Dave Bartmess Broomfield, CO. USA http://edingo.net