Replace svn repository with an archive

Is there a simple way to replace a svn repository with a archived dump?

I have a foo.tar that contains the future version of a svn repository. To commit this to the svn repository, all I need to do is to overwrite with the contents 开发者_JAVA百科of foo.tar and svn delete all files not in foo.tar and then commit?

Is there a better way to do it?

Simple delete with Explorer will not actually delete files in repository. Deleting all files with svn may be an overkill. I would set dates of all files in WC to some null-date, then copy all files from tar, then find and delete with svn all files that retained their null-date.

No, there is no real better way to do it.

• Checkout your project
• Delete all files in explorer (keep .svn folders and content)
• Extract your archive in this folder
• Check every file/folder and commit

Note :
Added item will be marked as added if you check them.
Removed item will be marked as removed if you check them (reported as missing).