Run svn command on VisualSVN Server

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Ahoi!

here is what i wanna achive: I've got a huge SVN Repository. Because the Checkout would take like forever and a few hundred GB i was wondering if i can execute a SVN Command on the console where the VisualSVN Server is running to determine any svn:externals with absolute paths via svn propget svn:externals -R command.

So far the repository doesn't seem the be accessible w/o checking it out. Am i right (i hope not)? Or is there another way to achive what im looking for?

Thanks! Timo

Can you reword your question. It's not really clear what you want. Are you always checking out at the root of your repository? By the way, you can do a svn plist -R on a URL instead of a checked out directory. — David W.
– David W., Commented Oct 4, 2012 at 16:58
I want to get a list of all externals used in the repository. So far i havent found a way without checking it out completely which takes really long considering the size and my connection. I'll look into plist -r. Thanks — Timo
– Timo, Commented Oct 5, 2012 at 6:31
I've figured it out. The svn propget is executable on a repository without checking it out. I just didnt knew that you can pass the repository path as a parameter for propget. Thanks! — Timo
– Timo, Commented Oct 5, 2012 at 13:55

David W. · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-05 14:05:48Z

I want to get a list of all externals used in the repository. So far i havent found a way without checking it out completely which takes really long considering the size and my connection.

That's easier to understand. Try this:

$ svn pget -Rv svn:externals http://svn.vegibank.com/svn

You don't need the -v. It changes the output to a three line output that's easier to read.

Without `-v`

http://svn.vegibank.com/svn/project - utils http://svn.vegibank.com/svn/utils

With `-v`

Properties on 'http://svn.vegibank.com/svn/project'
  svn:externals
     utils  http://svn.vegibank.com/svn/utils

However, you might prefer the one line format because it's easier to parse. Simply remove everything after the "-" and you have a list of directories with the property.

This command will take a long time to run, so, run the command, and get some coffee. Or, maybe get lunch. Or maybe dinner, and a Broadway show. At least you don't need to checkout the entire repository which would require several gigabytes of disk space.

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