Handling of Revision numbers when merging repos

[James <ho...@outofcontrol.ca>]

Hello,

I am in the middle of testing the merger of about 10 repositories  
into one, each within a new parent directory. Is there some  
documentation on how the revision numbers are handled.

For example, when I did a test merger, I have a new revision number  
of 30. Does that number come simply from the repository that had the  
most number of revisions (up to 30 in this case), or does it take the  
last revision number for the new repository from the first or last  
repository merged in.

During a merger it appears that each files Last revision number is  
maintained, is this correct? Or are there some cases when a Last  
revision number for a file might be modified.

Thanks

James

Re: Handling of Revision numbers when merging repos

[James <ho...@outofcontrol.ca>]

Thanks for the info. I will check out the script too.

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On Feb 5, 2007, at 4:21 PM, Paul wrote:

> James,
> When you load a repository from a dump file, the revision numbers in
> the dump file are ignored, and the load process replays the dump file
> as a series of commits to the new repository. You should see this in
> the output of the svnadmin load command
>  ------- Committed new rev 13 (loaded from original rev 6) >>>
> This indicates the dump file revision was rev 6, but the revision in
> the repo is now 13.
>
> If you're merging repositories, and want to maintain the commits in
> chronological order, you might want to take a look at
> http://www.thehirts.net/blog/?page_id=24
>
> I have never used this personally, but you may find it helpful.
>
> Paul
>
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Re: Handling of Revision numbers when merging repos

[Paul <al...@gmail.com>]

James,
When you load a repository from a dump file, the revision numbers in
the dump file are ignored, and the load process replays the dump file
as a series of commits to the new repository. You should see this in
the output of the svnadmin load command
  ------- Committed new rev 13 (loaded from original rev 6) >>>
This indicates the dump file revision was rev 6, but the revision in
the repo is now 13.

If you're merging repositories, and want to maintain the commits in
chronological order, you might want to take a look at
http://www.thehirts.net/blog/?page_id=24

I have never used this personally, but you may find it helpful.

Paul

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