Recreating SVN repository with existing settings

OrangyTang

I have an SVN repository that I want to reduce the disk space on by removing the history. Because SVN doesn't let you edit the history, I have to take a dump, filter the history out of the dump, delete the old repository, then create a new repository from the slimmed down dump.

So my question is, if I create a new repository with an identical name, will that retain all the existing config (like domain bindings, https access) and work smoothly, or am I going to end up with lots of dangling data and I'm better giving it a different name and reconfiguring everything from scratch?

Thanks.

sean

OrangyTang you'll need to do the following:

Make a copy of the authz and passwd files from the existing repo.
Create your slimmed-down dump.
Delete the old repo.
Create the new repo.
Import your dump.
Replace authz and passwd in the new repo with the copies from step 1.
Route the new repo to the old repo's site.

At that point you should be up and running on the new repo.

OrangyTang

Super helpful, thanks Sean!