Re: svnadmin dump & server shutdown

2012-08-01 Thread Philip Martin
Andreas Krey writes: > So: is it safe to run 'svnadmin dump' on an operational repo, and will it > dump up to the last revision at the time of its start or its termination? Yes, it is safe to run on live repository. If the admin doesn't specify a revision range it will default to 0:HEAD where H

svnadmin dump & server shutdown

2012-08-01 Thread Andreas Krey
Hi everybody, our sysdamins raised a question whether 'svnadmin dump' is safe to run on a live repo (served via apache). The man page does not list a requirement to stop other operations before dumping, but neither does it go into any detail what happens if new revisions are created while the dump