[jira] [Commented] (SVN-4650) svnadmin load of format 4 repositories - no way to normalize line endings if CR snuck in an svn:* prop in an earlier release.

["Johan Corveleyn (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Johan Corveleyn commented on SVN-4650:
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Hi Steffen,

Yes this is definitely an annoying issue. It shouldn't be too hard to fix (since svnrdump and svnsync can do it), but unfortunately we have a shortage of hands to do work like this. In case you would have the time to take a stab at this yourself, a patch to the dev list would be most welcome (but no worries if you don't ... we're all struggling to get things done).

In the meantime, I can point you to this mailinglist-post from some months ago, where I explained how we did our dump+load, including how to "fix" your repository to avoid this issue:
https://svn.haxx.se/users/archive-2016-06/0098.shtml

Another alternative is to use the --bypass-prop-validation flag of 'svnadmin load', but that would preserve the "invalid property values" in your new repository.

> svnadmin load of format 4 repositories - no way to normalize line endings if CR snuck in an svn:* prop in an earlier release.
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>
>                 Key: SVN-4650
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SVN-4650
>             Project: Subversion
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: svnadmin
>    Affects Versions: 1.8.16, 1.9.4
>            Reporter: Eric Johnson
>            Priority: Minor
>
> If a repository has svn:* properties (rev-props or normal props) with a CR in them, then it is possible to do an svnadmin dump, followed by a load, but only with a --bypass-prop-validation. However, that just punts the problem down the road to a future release. It is possible to fix all the revprops with existing tools, but regular svn:* props cannot be fixed by available tools. Only manually editing the dump file will fix the svnadmin load problem in this case.
> At least with 1.8 and later (that I've tested), svnsync will normalize line endings. So svnadmin load, and svnsync are inconsistent on this topic.
> As near as I can tell, Subversion removes the CRs on output for clients, and the no-longer acceptable CR is only visible to svnlook and svnadmin commands. In addition, it looks like it removes them on input in current releases. I think this means that Subversion clients will not be able to detect the CRs in a property. I believe this means that removing the CRs should just work in all cases.
> Filed this issue as per this email:
> https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/subversion-users/201608.mbox/%3C20160823002521.GA10478@fujitsu.shahaf.local2%3E



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