Migrating from VisualSVN on windows to linux based svn

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I'd like to migrate my svn repository from my local computer running windows and VisualSVN 2.1.2 to an svn app on webfaction (my Linux hosting solution).

Initially I tried dumping the svn:

svnadmin dump path_to_repository > dumpfile_name

and loading it on the Linux machine

svnadmin load dumpfile_name

I received the following error:

svnadmin: Can't open file 'dumpfile_path_and_name/format': Not a directory

I found that on my Windows machine I do have a format folder under the repository. So I copied the entire repository to the Linux machine and tried:

svnadmin load path_to_repository_copy

I received the following error:

svnadmin: Expected FS format between '1' and '3'; found format '4'

what should I do?

This question belongs on serverfault.com as it's not programming related but server-managing related. — Philippe Carriere
– Philippe Carriere, Commented May 27, 2010 at 16:16
oh, I wasn't aware that there was a serverfault.com Where can I see the list of similar sites such as stackoverflow and serverfault? — Jonathan Livni
– Jonathan Livni, Commented May 27, 2010 at 18:22

bahrep · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-19 16:19:37Z

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The syntax for svnadmin load should be

svnadmin load /path/to/repository < dumpfile

See here

edited Jul 19, 2016 at 16:19

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Jonathan Livni Over a year ago

Yup, that works. I tried it before, but when I was inside the repository path. Once I exited it and tried it, it worked fine.

user12805184 Over a year ago

For the one that wants to do the opposite : Converting Linux SVN Repos to Windows SVN Repos

Community · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-20 09:12:55Z

svnadmin dump path_to_repository > dumpfile_name

This is correct.

svnadmin load dumpfile_name

svnadmin: Can't open file 'dumpfile_path_and_name/format': Not a directory

You must first

svnadmin create path_to_repository

Then you can

svnadmin load path_to_repository < dumpfile_name

I found that on my Windows machine I do have a format folder under the repository. So I copied the entire repository to the Linux machine and tried:

svnadmin load path_to_repository_copy

svnadmin: Expected FS format between '1' and '3'; found format '4'

The whole point of the dump/load cycle rather than copying files straight is to work around database version differences. In this case you have a newer svn on Windows than on your Linux box, so the Linux box complains it doesn't know about the new format (4). (Your load syntax is also wrong, see 'svnadmin load --help', but it hits this error first.)

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