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repository.</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="id417265"></a><h2>Synopsis</h2><pre class="programlisting">svn import [PATH] URL</pre></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="id417277"></a><h2>Description</h2><p>Recursively commit a copy of
<em class="replaceable"><code>PATH</code></em> to
<em class="replaceable"><code>URL</code></em>. If
<em class="replaceable"><code>PATH</code></em> is omitted
“<span class="quote"><code class="filename">.</code></span>” is assumed. Parent
directories are created in the repository as necessary.
Unversionable items such as device files and pipes are
ignored even if <code class="option">--force</code> is
specified.</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="id417311"></a><h2>Alternate Names</h2><p>None</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="id417321"></a><h2>Changes</h2><p>Repository</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="id417331"></a><h2>Accesses Repository</h2><p>Yes</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="id417341"></a><h2>Options</h2><pre class="screen">
--message (-m) TEXT
--file (-F) FILE
--quiet (-q)
--depth ARG
--force
--with-revprop ARG
--username USER
--password PASS
--no-auth-cache
--non-interactive
--force-log
--editor-cmd EDITOR
--encoding ENC
--config-dir DIR
--auto-props
--no-auto-props
--ignore-externals
</pre></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="id417355"></a><h2>Examples</h2><p>This imports the local directory
<code class="filename">myproj</code> into
<code class="filename">trunk/misc</code> in your repository. The
directory <code class="filename">trunk/misc</code> need not exist
before you import into it—<span class="command"><strong>svn
import</strong></span> will recursively create directories for
you.</p><pre class="screen">
$ svn import -m "New import" myproj http://svn.red-bean.com/repos/trunk/misc
Adding myproj/sample.txt
…
Transmitting file data .........
Committed revision 16.
</pre><p>Be aware that this will <span class="emphasis"><em>not</em></span>
create a directory named <code class="filename">myproj</code> in
the repository. If that's what you want, simply add
<code class="filename">myproj</code> to the end of the URL:</p><pre class="screen">
$ svn import -m "New import" myproj http://svn.red-bean.com/repos/trunk/misc/myproj
Adding myproj/sample.txt
…
Transmitting file data .........
Committed revision 16.
</pre><p>After importing data, note that the original tree is
<span class="emphasis"><em>not</em></span> under version control. To start
working, you still need to <span class="command"><strong>svn checkout</strong></span>
a fresh working copy of the tree.</p></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="svn.ref.svn.c.help.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="svn.ref.svn.html#svn.ref.svn.c">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="svn.ref.svn.c.info.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">svn help </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> svn info</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
