Add SVN subset to the main superset

["rmp8427@googlemail.com" <rm...@googlemail.com>]

Hi there,

I like to use SVN for my documents and backup my data. In major I use my
USB-Stick for this which has a repository, but once a week I want to give
all the revisions / commits (not only the head) made on the stick to a major
repository.

How do I do that?

--

In detail:

I have a major repository on a big external drive. And a latest subset on my
stick always with me.

If the stick runs full I delete everything and get the 10 latest revisions:

"svnadmin dump -revision 90:100 > Latest.dump" (if 100 is the HEAD)
"svnadmin create MyRepository"
"svnadmin load MyRepository < Latest.dump"

And I update and commit only on stick for a week (lets say my head-revision
will be 120 then).
At weekend I like to give those commits made on the stick to the main
repository on the external.
What will be the command for it?

greetings

Re: Add SVN subset to the main superset

[Les Mikesell <le...@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 8:15 AM, rmp8427@googlemail.com
<rm...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for your answer!
> Hm ok. SVN is not the best solution but is it impossible by that fact?
> The example is abstract for a bigger problem, so my chief interest lay in
> feasibility and the way how to do it.

I'd expect this to work only in the case where the copied repository
is a strict backup of the one actively used - in which case svnsync is
probably an easier approach to updating the backup copy.   It will
certainly break if any other changes are made directly to the copy and
I don't think you can remove older revisions from your active
instances like you described.

> Otherwise we have to transform much data into Git etc.

git-svn might be a good fit if you don't mind using the git interface
for your work and have room for the local copy.  It can push your
changes back to a central svn repo in a way that can deal with other
concurrent work.

-- 
  Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell@gmail.com

Re: Add SVN subset to the main superset

["rmp8427@googlemail.com" <rm...@googlemail.com>]

Thanks for your answer!

Hm ok. SVN is not the best solution but is it impossible by that fact?
The example is abstract for a bigger problem, so my chief interest lay in
feasibility and the way how to do it.
Otherwise we have to transform much data into Git etc.

2011/9/29 Andy Levy <an...@gmail.com>

> On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 06:58, rmp8427@googlemail.com
> <rm...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > Hi there,
> > I like to use SVN for my documents and backup my data. In major I use my
> > USB-Stick for this which has a repository, but once a week I want to give
> > all the revisions / commits (not only the head) made on the stick to a
> major
> > repository.
> > How do I do that?
> > --
> > In detail:
> > I have a major repository on a big external drive. And a latest subset on
> my
> > stick always with me.
> > If the stick runs full I delete everything and get the 10 latest
> revisions:
> >
> > "svnadmin dump -revision 90:100 > Latest.dump" (if 100 is the HEAD)
> > "svnadmin create MyRepository"
> > "svnadmin load MyRepository < Latest.dump"
> >
> > And I update and commit only on stick for a week (lets say my
> head-revision
> > will be 120 then).
> > At weekend I like to give those commits made on the stick to the main
> > repository on the external.
> > What will be the command for it?
>
> I think Subversion may not be the best fit for your usage. What you
> describe is very easy (from that I understand) with a DVCS like Git or
> Mercurial - they're basically designed to be used in this way, while
> Subversion isn't.
>
> Perhaps a hybrid approach with git-svn?
>

Re: Add SVN subset to the main superset

[Andy Levy <an...@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 06:58, rmp8427@googlemail.com
<rm...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi there,
> I like to use SVN for my documents and backup my data. In major I use my
> USB-Stick for this which has a repository, but once a week I want to give
> all the revisions / commits (not only the head) made on the stick to a major
> repository.
> How do I do that?
> --
> In detail:
> I have a major repository on a big external drive. And a latest subset on my
> stick always with me.
> If the stick runs full I delete everything and get the 10 latest revisions:
>
> "svnadmin dump -revision 90:100 > Latest.dump" (if 100 is the HEAD)
> "svnadmin create MyRepository"
> "svnadmin load MyRepository < Latest.dump"
>
> And I update and commit only on stick for a week (lets say my head-revision
> will be 120 then).
> At weekend I like to give those commits made on the stick to the main
> repository on the external.
> What will be the command for it?

I think Subversion may not be the best fit for your usage. What you
describe is very easy (from that I understand) with a DVCS like Git or
Mercurial - they're basically designed to be used in this way, while
Subversion isn't.

Perhaps a hybrid approach with git-svn?