Question

How do I split a repository by revision so that I can archive its history while still able to continue commit to the head repository.

For example, lets say I have 1000 revision in my repository.

I would like to split this repository into 2: The first consist of 1 to 500 revision while the second consist of 501 to 1000.

The first one is going to be archived. The second one will continue act as the active repositories where commits are still done on it.

They are suppose to be able to merge as one when needed.

Anyway idea how this can be accomplish?

Answer 1

the svnadmin dump commando can accomplish this task of “flatten” the repository history:

svnadmin dump -r1:500 /path/to/repo > archive.dmp

svnadmin dump -r500:HEAD /path/to/repo > new_repo.dmp

svnadmin create /path/to/new/repo

svnadmin load /path/to/new/repo < new_repo.dmp