Question

I thought about migrating subversion a lot and I have several questions still open. I hope you can help me:

1. When I migrate a huge directory structure into several repositories (because each directy really is a single project…), will the revision numbers still be the same? There must be gaps, because some revision will only affect other directories…
2. Is it really more administrative work to set users & permissions for several repositories?
3. Is it more backup work to back up several repositories? (No, because in the end it’s only one directory with all repository directorys to back up?)

And let me ask another favor: Can you provide some positive results of having multiple repositories? 🙂

Answer 1

1. If you use svndump and svndumpfilter, you have the choice of either deleting empty revisions, or keeping them. I recommend that you try this out first, to find out which is most appropriate for you.
2. Yes, you should expect more administrative work, unless you manage to setup a fully self-hosting server (where end users can manage their own repositories). Most overhead is with the creation of new repositories (where users could have created new folders themselves before)
3. Indeed, no, the backup work is the same.