Synopsis

svn import [PATH] URL

Description

Recursively commit a copy of PATH to URL. If PATH is omitted “.” is assumed. Parent directories are created in the repository as necessary.

Alternate Names

None

Changes

Repository

Accesses Repository

Yes

Switches

--message (-m) TEXT
--file (-F) FILE
--quiet (-q)
--non-recursive (-N)
--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

Examples

This imports the local directory myproj into the root of your repository:

$ svn import -m "New import" myproj http://svn.red-bean.com/repos/test
Adding         myproj/sample.txt
…
Transmitting file data .........
Committed revision 16.

This imports the local directory myproj into trunk/misc in your repository. The directory trunk/misc need not exist before you import into it—svn import will recursively create directories for you:

$ svn import -m "New import" myproj \
    http://svn.red-bean.com/repos/test/trunk/misc/myproj
Adding         myproj/sample.txt
…
Transmitting file data .........
Committed revision 19.

After importing data, note that the original tree is not under version control. To start working, you still need to svn checkout a fresh working copy of the tree.