I tried to edit a 5 Gb file on a Linuxserver we have with vi, it took some 30 minutes to open the file but it did work!
The format is quite simple : a revision starts with the string : Revision-number: Just delete all the lines until the next Revision-number: And the revision is removed from the dump. I am not quite sure if you need to renumber the revisions afterwards though, but I don't think so. There is a problem though if what you delete is referenced later on in the dump, then the load will fail. Geir Note : All inquiries regarding Subversion, MKS and general Development servers should be directed to "EDB SourceControl System" > -----Original Message----- > From: Dennis Jones [mailto:djo...@grassvalleysoftware.com] > Sent: 21. august 2011 22:12 > To: Engebakken Geir > Subject: Re: How to solve svnadmin load "File already exists" error? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Engebakken Geir" <geir.engebak...@edb.com> > To: "Daniel Shahaf" <d...@daniel.shahaf.name>; "Dennis Jones" > <djo...@grassvalleysoftware.com> > Cc: <users@subversion.apache.org> > Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 12:22 PM > Subject: RE: How to solve svnadmin load "File already exists" error? > > > 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. > > You are the second person to suggest this. There are two problems with > that > approach, both of which *can* be solved, but will take some effort: > > 1) The file is 5GB. I haven't been able to find an editor that can > handle a > file that big. I can solve this by splitting the file into smaller > pieces > and editing the piece containing the bad revision and splicing them > back > together afterwards. Just a pain to do. > > 2) I don't understand the file format. What are the beginning and end > markers for a particular revision? > > - Dennis
