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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Generate renames.svndump
+#
+
+mkdir temp
+cd temp
+
+mkdir project-orig
+cd project-orig
+mkdir trunk
+mkdir branches
+cd ..
+
+svnadmin create testrepo
+svnurl=file://`pwd`/testrepo
+svn import project-orig $svnurl -m "init project"
+
+svn co $svnurl project
+cd project/trunk
+# Create and remove a file, hgsubversion does not like
+# empty repositories
+echo a > a
+svn add a
+svn ci -m "add a"
+svn rm a
+svn ci -m "remove a"
+cd ../..
+
+svnadmin dump testrepo > ../emptyrepo.svndump