How do I backup my Subversion Repository nightly? I have a network drive I'd like to dump the repository to on a nightly basis.
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A:
Check out the Repository Maintenance chapter in The Book on how to pull a dump out of the repository. Then use a timed service (at or cron for example, or the very nice task scheduler in Windows OS's, depends on your server's system) to execute the dump nightly. Done.
Pekka
2010-03-02 20:18:15
depending on the size of the repository a dump is not the best method to do this, as creating a dump and restoring a dump will take some time. You should use svnadmin hotcopy
Peter Parker
2010-03-02 21:52:46
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A:
The SVN book has a section on Repository Backup.
The svnadmin hotcopy command allows you to safely backup a live repository.
The svnsync command is another possibility.
Craig McQueen
2010-03-03 00:18:32