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svnadmin create — Create a new, empty repository.
Create a new, empty repository at the path provided. If the provided directory does not exist, it will be created for you.[43]
Creating a new repository is just this easy:
$ svnadmin create /usr/local/svn/repos
In Subversion 1.0, a Berkeley DB repository is always created. In Subversion 1.1, a Berkeley DB repository is the default repository type, but an FSFS repository can be created using the --fs-type option:
$ svnadmin create /usr/local/svn/repos --fs-type fsfs