Re: `svnadmin create` on an existing set of source files

ons 22 maj 2024 kl. 05:28 skrev Jeffrey Walton <[email protected]>:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> I have my source files in /var/test-svn. The test-svn directory has
> *.h and *.c files. I am trying to create a repo from them.
>
> As root, I perform the following:
>
>     # cd /var
>     # svnadmin create --fs-type fsfs test-svn
>     svnadmin: E200011: Repository creation failed
>     svnadmin: E200011: Could not create top-level directory
>     svnadmin: E200011: 'test-svn' exists and is non-empty
>
> I think I am missing something from my reading, like at
> <
> https://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.ref.svnadmin.html#svn.ref.svnadmin.c
> >
> and <https://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.ref.svnadmin.c.create.html>.
> My apologies for my rusty knowledge of subversion. I've been stuck in
> the git world for far too long.
>
> So the question is, how do I create a repo from an existing set of
> project files?
>
> Jeff



Be aware of a difference between Git and Subversion:
In Git, there is only a "repository" (which contains both the history in
the .git directory and all source files).
In Subversion, the "repository" is a specific directory (containing the
history for each file) and then you checkout a separate directory "working
copy" where you have the actual source files.

So you need to do

cd /var
svnadmin create test-repo
svn import test-svn file:///var/test-repo

You can the check out a new working copy

svn co file:///var/repo wc

Hope this helps!

Kind regards
Daniel Sahlberg