# Rubyforge svn import **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [August 1, 2006, 6:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyforge-svn-import/100869 "2006-08-01T18:02:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 6:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyforge-svn-import/100869/1 "2006-08-01T18:02:45Z")
How to do an initial svn import to Rubyforge? Is it possible to use Darcs instead somehow? ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2006, 2:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyforge-svn-import/100869/2 "2006-08-02T02:58:18Z")
On Wed, 2006-08-02 at 01:00 +0900, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote: > How to do an initial svn import to Rubyforge? There are some notes on that here: [http://rubyforge.org/docman/view.php/5/460/faq.html#scm](http://rubyforge.org/docman/view.php/5/460/faq.html#scm) > Is it possible to use > Darcs instead somehow? Nope, not at this time… Yours, tom ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 1:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyforge-svn-import/100869/3 "2006-08-03T13:16:32Z")
Tom C. wrote: > On Wed, 2006-08-02 at 01:00 +0900, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote: > > > How to do an initial svn import to Rubyforge? > > There are some notes on that here: > > [http://rubyforge.org/docman/view.php/5/460/faq.html#scm](http://rubyforge.org/docman/view.php/5/460/faq.html#scm) Thanks, I looked at that but it isn’t very clear. It’s says nothing of having branches, tags and trunk for instance. Also, do you setup a local svn repo first or not? And the import example: svn import svn+ssh://removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid//var/svn/rubyinstaller doesn’t seem right either --there is no mention of the actual local directory. How does it know where to get the files? > > Is it possible to use > > Darcs instead somehow? > > Nope, not at this time… I’m going to try overlaying the two with darcs under subversion. Thanks, T. ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 1:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyforge-svn-import/100869/4 "2006-08-03T13:19:37Z")
Well, I just went for it and it seems to startout okay but then I get: svn: File already exists: filesystem ‘/var/svn/facets/db’, transaction ‘26-1’, path ‘trunk’ Any ideas? Thanks, T. ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 2:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyforge-svn-import/100869/5 "2006-08-03T14:24:46Z")
On 02/08/06, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Well, I just went for it and it seems to startout okay but then I get: > > svn: File already exists: filesystem ‘/var/svn/facets/db’, > transaction ‘26-1’, path ‘trunk’ > > Any ideas? Do you already have some files in your repo ? I don’t think you can remove the repo and start over easily. What you can do is get your files trough “svn up”, put your new files, mess with “svn add” and then “svn commit” your changes. Some times you have to “svn up” when it says there are conflicts (don’t know why, seems buggy but it should work) – Cheers, zimbatm > **[oree.ch](http://zimbatm.oree.ch)** > > This domain may be for sale! ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 3:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyforge-svn-import/100869/6 "2006-08-03T15:46:00Z")
On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 05:40 +0900, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote: > Well, I just went for it and it seems to startout okay but then I get: > > svn: File already exists: filesystem ‘/var/svn/facets/db’, > transaction ‘26-1’, path ‘trunk’ > > Any ideas? Hm, are you importing from an existing repo? Is that how Svn does it, or does it expect just a directory tree of files like CVS does? Yours, Tom ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 5:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyforge-svn-import/100869/7 "2006-08-03T17:01:19Z")
Tom C. wrote: > On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 05:40 +0900, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote: > > > Well, I just went for it and it seems to startout okay but then I get: > > > > svn: File already exists: filesystem ‘/var/svn/facets/db’, > > transaction ‘26-1’, path ‘trunk’ > > > > Any ideas? > > Hm, are you importing from an existing repo? Is that how Svn does it, > or does it expect just a directory tree of files like CVS does? Just a directory tree of files like CVS. My last post seemed to have been lost. Oh well. One of the things I had mentioned was that using darcs+subvversion in the same repo has a problem which causes darcs to get out of whack becuase subversion is adding .svn entries into the \_darcs control directory. But I think I figured out the fix. SVN’s global\_ignore setting in the etc/subversion/config file needs a “\_darcs” entry added to it --I’m not sure if it needs to be \_darcs or \_darcs/\* or \_darcs/\*\*/\* or what exatly though. T. ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 3:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyforge-svn-import/100869/8 "2006-08-03T15:42:59Z")
On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 05:30 +0900, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote: > > There are some notes on that here: > > > > [http://rubyforge.org/docman/view.php/5/460/faq.html#scm](http://rubyforge.org/docman/view.php/5/460/faq.html#scm) > > Thanks, I looked at that but it isn’t very clear. It’s says nothing of > having branches, tags and trunk for instance. Yup, I’m not sure how much detail to put there… and actually, I’m not really very svn-savvy, so if anyone wants to give me more material to put, I’d be happy to post it. > Also, do you setup a > local svn repo first or not? Hm, I don’t think so. > And the import example: > > svn import svn+ssh://removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid//var/svn/rubyinstaller > > doesn’t seem right either --there is no mention of the actual local > directory. How does it know where to get the files? Yup, if the PATH is omitted svn assumes “.”. Yours, Tom