Run svn command on VisualSVN Server

Question

Ahoi!

here is what i wanna achive: I've got a huge SVN Repository. Because the Checkout would take like forever and a few hundred GB i was wondering if i can execute a SVN Command on the console where the VisualSVN Server is running to determine any svn:externals with absolute paths via svn propget svn:externals -R command.

So far the repository doesn't seem the be accessible w/o checking it out. Am i right (i hope not)? Or is there another way to achive what im looking for?

Thanks! Timo

Answer 1

I want to get a list of all externals used in the repository. So far i havent found a way without checking it out completely which takes really long considering the size and my connection.

That's easier to understand. Try this:

$ svn pget -Rv svn:externals http://svn.vegibank.com/svn

You don't need the -v. It changes the output to a three line output that's easier to read.

Without -v

http://svn.vegibank.com/svn/project - utils http://svn.vegibank.com/svn/utils

With -v

Properties on 'http://svn.vegibank.com/svn/project'
  svn:externals
     utils  http://svn.vegibank.com/svn/utils

However, you might prefer the one line format because it's easier to parse. Simply remove everything after the "-" and you have a list of directories with the property.

This command will take a long time to run, so, run the command, and get some coffee. Or, maybe get lunch. Or maybe dinner, and a Broadway show. At least you don't need to checkout the entire repository which would require several gigabytes of disk space.