Isnt it possible to just remove the N records from the dump file and restart the svnadmin load? I seem to think I have tried that with success before.
Geir Note : All inquiries regarding Subversion, MKS and general Development servers should be directed to "EDB SourceControl System" > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel Shahaf [mailto:d...@daniel.shahaf.name] > Sent: 20. august 2011 13:55 > To: Dennis Jones > Cc: users@subversion.apache.org > Subject: Re: How to solve svnadmin load "File already exists" error? > > Dennis Jones wrote on Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 16:45:54 -0700: > > I cannot re-run the svnadmin load, because at this point, the > repository has > > already been created, and svnadmin load expects an empty repository. > > svnadmin doesn't require an empty repository; svnsync does. > > > I wish I could start the load from a specific revision, but I don't > > see a way to do that. Is there? > > Delete the first N revision records from the dumpfile? > > Load the dumpfile into a new repository and then run > 'svnadmin dump -r' on the new repository?