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My team has been using TortoiseSVN for version control. Recently the machine running our subversion server died, and we don't have a backup for it. I have an up-to-date copy of the repo on my local machine so we haven't lost any code, but we have lost all the history of the commits which is a big deal for us.

Is there any way to restore the server, or at least get access to the commit history, by using only 1 or more working copies of the repository?

GreySage
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Short answer: the history is lost. Unlike Git, the SVN history is in the server only.

If some of the developers use git-svn, you can try recovering from it, see e.g. How can I recover a Subversion repository from a git-svn copy?, https://superuser.com/q/318241/915977, or possible to recreate svn repository from (full) git-svn clone?.

Maybe that's an opportunity for switching to Git!

Keldorn
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