Generating a Subversion Dump file
For Subversion conversions, both Import and Convert modes require a Subversion dumpfile as the historic data source. A dumpfile can be generated in several different ways, two of which are detailed below:
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Using the svnadmin command:
svnadmin dump
local_repo_path
> dumpfile.dmpReplace
local_repo_path
with the path to the Subversion repo. Do not use the--delta
flag option as the results cannot be parsed by the conversion tool. -
Using the remote dump command:
rsvndump
url
> dumpfile.dmpReplacing
url
with the remote Subversion server. For example:http://
orfile://
orsvn://
. Note that for large servers generating the dump file locally is significantly faster, so you might also consider creating a local copy of the subversion depot using svnsync, before generating the dump file.