Create a FSFS Repository in Subversion

Contributed by johnnythawte January 3, 2007  
Tagged: Computer programming

Subversion by default uses the Berkeley database format for new repositories, but you can also use the newer FSFS repository. This tech-recipe shows you how.

The FSFS repository type uses a filesystem instead of a database for storing your data, which eliminates any problems with repository corruption that might happen with Berkeley-DB.

To create a new FSFS repository, use the following command:
svnadmin create --fs-type fsfs /path/depotname

Substitute the path for a valid path and repository name on your machine.

Note: FSFS is the default repository type as of Subversion 1.2