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Posted to users@subversion.apache.org by Henrik Sundberg <st...@gmail.com> on 2008/02/19 08:00:09 UTC
Is it ok to rename a repository?
I created a big, but not wildly used, repository with a poor name.
Is it possiple to just rename the repository, at the same location?
I can do this when no one else is using it.
Is there a danger in this?
I understand that checkouts will need to be relocated.
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Re: Is it ok to rename a repository?
Posted by Henrik Sundberg <st...@gmail.com>.
2008/2/19, John Waycott <ja...@cox.net>:
> Henrik Sundberg wrote:
> > I created a big, but not wildly used, repository with a poor name.
> > Is it possiple to just rename the repository, at the same location?
> > I can do this when no one else is using it.
> > Is there a danger in this?
> >
> > I understand that checkouts will need to be relocated.
> >
> >
> We have renamed repositories a few times. Any svn:externals references
> to the old name will have to be updated and build scripts that do
> automated checkouts need to be reviewed as well. If you do use
> svn:externals be aware that old revisions that get from the old
> repository name won't work anymore. Other than that, I can't think of
> any issues.
>
> -- John
Thanks all of you. I renamed the repository and it worked like a
charm. The repository was not using Trac yet, and no externals where
referencing it.
The repository had an _temp-suffix, and I feared some admin would remove it...
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Re: Is it ok to rename a repository?
Posted by John Waycott <ja...@cox.net>.
Henrik Sundberg wrote:
> I created a big, but not wildly used, repository with a poor name.
> Is it possiple to just rename the repository, at the same location?
> I can do this when no one else is using it.
> Is there a danger in this?
>
> I understand that checkouts will need to be relocated.
>
>
We have renamed repositories a few times. Any svn:externals references
to the old name will have to be updated and build scripts that do
automated checkouts need to be reviewed as well. If you do use
svn:externals be aware that old revisions that get from the old
repository name won't work anymore. Other than that, I can't think of
any issues.
-- John
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Re: Is it ok to rename a repository?
Posted by richard hornsby <ri...@gmail.com>.
I had to rename a repo yesterday and the only issue I had was (not
subversion's problem) that I had to change the trac.ini variable
repository_dir to point at the new location, and resync the trac project.
$ trac-admin /var/trac/projects/projectname resync
I only mention it for completeness because lots of folks use svn and trac
together.
-rj
On Feb 19, 2008 3:18 AM, Henrik Sundberg <st...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2008/2/19, Ryan Schmidt <su...@ryandesign.com>:
> > On Feb 19, 2008, at 02:00, Henrik Sundberg wrote:
> >
> > > I created a big, but not wildly used, repository with a poor name.
> > > Is it possiple to just rename the repository, at the same location?
> > > I can do this when no one else is using it.
> > > Is there a danger in this?
> >
> >
> > No danger that I can see.
> >
> >
> > > I understand that checkouts will need to be relocated.
> >
> >
> > Depending on the protocol you use to access the repository and how
> > you did the checkout, you may or may not need to relocate the working
> > copies.
> >
>
> Thanks!
> /$
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Re: Is it ok to rename a repository?
Posted by Henrik Sundberg <st...@gmail.com>.
2008/2/19, Ryan Schmidt <su...@ryandesign.com>:
> On Feb 19, 2008, at 02:00, Henrik Sundberg wrote:
>
> > I created a big, but not wildly used, repository with a poor name.
> > Is it possiple to just rename the repository, at the same location?
> > I can do this when no one else is using it.
> > Is there a danger in this?
>
>
> No danger that I can see.
>
>
> > I understand that checkouts will need to be relocated.
>
>
> Depending on the protocol you use to access the repository and how
> you did the checkout, you may or may not need to relocate the working
> copies.
>
Thanks!
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Re: Is it ok to rename a repository?
Posted by Ryan Schmidt <su...@ryandesign.com>.
On Feb 19, 2008, at 02:00, Henrik Sundberg wrote:
> I created a big, but not wildly used, repository with a poor name.
> Is it possiple to just rename the repository, at the same location?
> I can do this when no one else is using it.
> Is there a danger in this?
No danger that I can see.
> I understand that checkouts will need to be relocated.
Depending on the protocol you use to access the repository and how
you did the checkout, you may or may not need to relocate the working
copies.
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