Can I automatically overwrite repository files using svn_load_dirs.pl or similiar?
- by Andy Strang
I am working with a legacy VSS repository which was transferred over to a new SVN repository a few months ago. In the meantime, before we go live with the SVN repository, we need to bring over all the changes that have happened on the VSS one between then and now.
I was looking at different ways to do this which seem to be things such as:
1.) svn_load_dirs.pl then merge the files manually?
2.) svn import straight into the trunk and merge files manually
3.) checkout a working copy of my SVN repository, copy in the changed files which will overwrite some of the ones in my working copy then commit the changes.
My question is, can any of these options be used (or any other options) to automate things so that I don't have to merge the files, and can instead just overwrite them? I think only Option 3 would do this but any help is appreciated.