How to recover a very old repository?

2010-06-05 Thread Dale Mellor
I've recently pulled an old SVN repository off a disk image from a server I had many moons ago, and now have the repository on a local file system. Whenever I try to do anything, SVN complains that it is format '2' instead of '3' or '5'. What can I do to recover a working tree of whatever is in t

Re: How to recover a very old repository?

2010-06-05 Thread Karl Fogel
Dale Mellor writes: >I've recently pulled an old SVN repository off a disk image from a >server I had many moons ago, and now have the repository on a local file >system. Whenever I try to do anything, SVN complains that it is format >'2' instead of '3' or '5'. What can I do to recover a working

Re: I need a volunteer subversion manager

2010-06-05 Thread Kevin Grover
It sounds to me that you need a CMS (Content Management System) more than a VCS (Version Control System, like Subversion). I know from experience that getting veteran programs (used to using no VCS) to use any VCS is an up-hill-battle: approaching a vertical climb at times. I can't imagine trying