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

Use svndumptool:

svndumptool.py eolfix-prop svn:ignore svn.dump svn.dump.repaired

@tangens solution works too for me, but it's not perfect as I'm getting an extra space character as the replacement of the carriage return characters. I did however test that the svn:ignore still works with that extra space, but I didn't test the other SVN properties.

The downside of using the svndumptool is it can only work on one svn property at one time, which is time consuming if your dump files are big.

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Some findings

You might be curious on why @tangens didn't replace the ^M with empty character. If you try to replace it with empty character, you will be getting this error:

svnadmin: E140001: Dumpstream data appears to be malformed

The dump file stores Prop-content-length property which will be matched against the content of the actual content of the property. Replacing ^M to an empty character will reduce the property content length, hence the error.

svndumptool will change the Prop-content-length and Content-length respectively.