Creating a project repository from scratch 

$ svnadmin create --fs-type fsfs /var/svn/myproj
$ svn co file:///var/svn/myproj myproj
Checked out revision 0.
$ cd myproj
$ mkdir trunk
$ mkdir branches
$ svn add trunk branches
A         trunk
A         branches
$ svn ci -m "- initial setup" trunk branches
Adding         branches
Adding         trunk
Committed revision 1.
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