Subversion Complete Reference
Name
svnadmin load -- Read a “dumpfile”-formatted stream from stdin.
svnadmin load
Synopsis
svnadmin load REPOS_PATH
Description
Read a “dumpfile”-formatted stream from stdin, committing new revisions into the repository's filesystem. Send progress feedback to stdout.
Switches
--quiet (-q) --ignore-uuid --force-uuid --parent-dir
Example
This shows the beginning of loading a repository from a backup file (made, of course, with svnadmin dump):
$ svnadmin load /usr/local/svn/restored < repos-backup
<<<Started new txn, based on original revision 1
*adding path : test ... done.
*adding path : test/a ... done.
…
Or if you want to load into a subdirectory:
$ svnadmin load --parent-dir new/subdir/for/project /usr/local/svn/restored < repos-backup
<<<Started new txn, based on original revision 1
*adding path : test ... done.
*adding path : test/a ... done.
…
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Name
svnadmin lstxns -- Print the names of all uncommitted transactions.
svnadmin lstxns
Synopsis
svnadmin lstxns REPOS_PATH
Description
Print the names of all uncommitted transactions. See the section called “Repository Cleanup” for information on how uncommitted transactions are created and what you should do with them.
Examples
List all outstanding transactions in a repository.
$ svnadmin lstxns /usr/local/svn/repos/ 1w
1x
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svnadmin recover -- Bring a repository database back into a consistent state (applies only to repositories using the bdb backend).
svnadmin recover
Synopsis
svnadmin recover REPOS_PATH
Description
Run this command if you get an error indicating that your repository needs to be recovered.
Switches
--wait
Examples
Recover a hung repository:
$ svnadmin recover /usr/local/svn/repos/ Repository lock acquired.
Please wait; recovering the repository may take some time...
Recovery completed.
The latest repos revision is 34.
Recovering the database requires an exclusive lock on the repository. If another process is accessing the repository, then svnadmin recover will error:
$ svnadmin recover /usr/local/svn/repos
svn: Failed to get exclusive repository access; perhaps another process such as httpd, svnserve or svn has it open?
$
The --wait option, however, will cause svnadmin recover to wait indefinitely for other processes to disconnect:
$ svnadmin recover /usr/local/svn/repos --wait
Waiting on repository lock; perhaps another process has it open?
### time goes by...
Repository lock acquired.
Please wait; recovering the repository may take some time...
Recovery completed.
The latest repos revision is 34.
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Name
svnadmin rmtxns -- Delete transactions from a repository.
svnadmin rmtxns
Synopsis
svnadmin rmtxns REPOS_PATH TXN_NAME...
Description
Delete outstanding transactions from a repository. This is covered in detail in the section called “Repository Cleanup”.
Switches
--quiet (-q)
Examples
Remove named transactions:
$ svnadmin rmtxns /usr/local/svn/repos/ 1w 1x
Fortunately, the output of lstxns works great as the input for rmtxns:
$ svnadmin rmtxns /usr/local/svn/repos/ `svnadmin lstxns /usr/local/svn/repos/`
Which will remove all uncommitted transactions from your repository.
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