Releases after 1.4 in Subversion saw the introduction of a new tool “svnsync” which was very useful in creating two synchronized svn repositories. It can be used on many different designs and the most simplest design was to create a mirrored repository of source repository as a backup. In this article I will describe a scenario where it is one step further on above mentioned design.
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How to change the UUID of a SVN repository
When you create a new repository in SVN server it assigns an universally unique identifier (UUID). This is used by Subversion clients to verify the identity of a repository when other forms of verification aren’t good enough (such as checking the repository URL, which can change over time).