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How do I check the version of the SVN repository?

You can check the version of the SVN repository in one of the following ways.

(a) If the version of the svnadmin command is 1.9 or later

(b) If the version of the svnadmin command is 1.8 or earlier, or if the svnadmin command cannot be used

You can check whether the svnadmin command exists and its version in the following way.

  1. From the Windows Start menu, start Powershell or Command Prompt.

  2. Run the following command and check the version number output on the first line.

> svnadmin --version
svnadmin, version 1.9.12 (r1863368)
...

For both methods (a) and (b) below, please access the files in the SVN repository (SVN server) directly.

(a) If the version of the svnadmin command is 1.9 or later​

  1. From the Windows Start menu, start Powershell or Command Prompt.
  2. Run the following command and check the value of "Compatible With Version" that is output.
> svnadmin info {repository file path}

[Example]

> svnadmin info S:\Repositories\SampleRepository
Path: S:\Repositories\SampleRepository
UUID: 61eb89e2-1200-044b-b938-79a101549bd1
Repository Format: 5
Compatible With Version: 1.8.0
Repository Capability: mergeinfo
Filesystem Type: fsfs
Filesystem Format: 6
FSFS Sharded: yes
FSFS Shard Size: 1000
FSFS Shards Packed: 0/0
FSFS Logical Addressing: no
Configuration File: S:\Repositories\SampleRepository\db\fsfs.conf

(b) If the version of the svnadmin command is 1.8 or earlier, or if the svnadmin command cannot be used​

  1. Check the contents of the following file in the SVN repository.

    {Repository file path}\db\format ... Text file without extension

    Example: S:\Repositories\SampleRepository\db\format

  2. Check that the number written on the first line of the file is one of the following:

    6 ... SVN repository version 1.8
    7 ... SVN repository version 1.9
    8 ... SVN repository version 1.10 (*)

(*) Default repository version for SVN 1.10 - 1.14

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