Synopsis

svnadmin dump REPOS_PATH [-r LOWER[:UPPER]] [--incremental]

Description

Dump the contents of filesystem to stdout in a “dumpfile” portable format, sending feedback to stderr. Dump revisions LOWER rev through UPPER rev. If no revisions are given, dump all revision trees. If only LOWER is given, dump that one revision tree. See the section called “Migrating a Repository” for a practical use.

Switches

--revision (-r)
--incremental
--quiet

Examples

Dump your whole repository:

$ svnadmin dump /usr/local/svn/repos
SVN-fs-dump-format-version: 1
Revision-number: 0
* Dumped revision 0.
Prop-content-length: 56
Content-length: 56
…

Incrementally dump a single transaction from your repository:

$ svnadmin dump /usr/local/svn/repos -r 21 --incremental 
* Dumped revision 21.
SVN-fs-dump-format-version: 1
Revision-number: 21
Prop-content-length: 101
Content-length: 101
…