How can I fix the SVN import line endings error?

Question

I have to import an huge SVN repository that I have to transfer from one server to another. So I exported it from the old server:

svnadmin dump . > archive.sv         


        

Answer 1

You have 2 options, repair the source or disable prop validation.

Repairing the source (svn:log and svn:ignore):

sed -e '/^svn:log$/,/^K / s/^M/ /' -e '/^svn:ignore$/,/^PROPS-END$/ s/^M/\n/' archive.svn > repaired-archive.svn

svnadmin load . < repaired-archive.svn

Where ^M is a control character, that means 0D in hex. To get it use ^V^M (control V control M) instead ^M (circumflex M or control M)

Disabling prop validation:

svnadmin load --bypass-prop-validation . < archive.svn