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svn import — Commit an unversioned file or tree into the repository.
Recursively commit a copy of
PATH to
URL. If
PATH is omitted,
“.” is assumed. Parent
directories are created in the repository as necessary.
Unversionable items such as device files and pipes are
ignored even if --force is
specified.
--auto-props --depth ARG --editor-cmd CMD --encoding ENC --file (-F) FILENAME --force --force-log --message (-m) MESSAGE --no-auto-props --no-ignore --quiet (-q) --with-revprop ARG
This imports the local directory
myproj into
trunk/misc in your repository. The
directory trunk/misc need not exist
before you import into it—svn
import will recursively create directories for
you.
$ svn import -m "New import" myproj \
http://svn.red-bean.com/repos/trunk/misc
Adding myproj/sample.txt
…
Transmitting file data .........
Committed revision 16.
Be aware that this will not
create a directory named myproj in
the repository. If that's what you want, simply add
myproj to the end of the URL:
$ svn import -m "New import" myproj \
http://svn.red-bean.com/repos/trunk/misc/myproj
Adding myproj/sample.txt
…
Transmitting file data .........
Committed revision 16.
After importing data, note that the original tree is not under version control. To start working, you still need to svn checkout a fresh working copy of the tree.