SVN import existing file

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Is it possible to use svn import with a file that exists already?

Currently as workaround I do svn remove and than svn import. But the problem is that I have two revision numbers (two commits) and the entire diff is stored on svn server side instead of only the diff of the two files.

I don't want to make a checkout to have a solution for that.

bahrep · Answer 1 · 2016-08-26T10:08:02.890

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Use svnmucc put SRC-FILE URL.

E.g. run the following command:

svnmucc put C:\test\myfile.txt https://svn.example.com/repos/myfile.txt -m "My Commit Message"

Read about svnmucc tool in SVNBook | svnmucc Reference—Subversion Multiple URL Command Client.

edited Aug 26 '16 at 10:08

answered Aug 26 '16 at 10:06

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@DennyWeinberg `svnmucc` is not a third-party program. It's just another tool provided by Apache Subversion. You should already have it. – bahrep Aug 26 '16 at 10:08
svn, version 1.8.16 (r1740329), svnmucc not found – Denny Weinberg Aug 26 '16 at 11:10
For svn 1.7 it was part of the subversion-tools package – Gary Myers Jan 28 '20 at 04:34

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

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Maybe this will help someone: I cannot use svnmucc due to server infrastructure reasons.

Here is an alternative: Checkout one file from Subversion Solution: Create an empty checkout, update the single file, modify it and commit it.

svn checkout <url_of_big_dir> <target> --depth empty
cd <target>
svn up <file_you_want>

Source and "copyright": See link abowe.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

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answered Aug 29 '16 at 11:24

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SVN import existing file

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