Check out the svn_load_dirs script. Look for the instructions in the manual under managing the "vendor" branches.
There will still be a bunch of work to resolve moves & renames, but should be much easier. Eric > On Oct 18, 2015, at 1:13 AM, Eckard Klotz <eckard.kl...@t-online.de> wrote: > > Hello All. > > My question is associated with setting up a new SVN archive for an old > project without loosing the old file-versions. > > Even I'm programming for nearly 20 years and have a open source project for > nearly 10 years I'm new in SVN. Until now I have archived my project by > zipping my source folder. > Now I wonder if there is a way supported by SVN to transfer every zip file as > one revision into a new fresh SVN archive. It is clear to me that this will > not contain the automatic creation of comments. But having a archive that > contains the historical files and that allows me to step back to earlier > revisions would be helpful. > > Best regards, > Eckard Klotz