Note of controlling SVN(Subversion)

1. Create repository:

Subversion provides two options for the type of underlying data store that each repository uses.
See the comparison in here or http://svnbook.org/

shell> mkdir /home/svn/repos
shell> svnadmin create --fs-type fsfs /home/svn/repos

The Subversion Repository, Defined in here

conf

A directory containing repository configuration files.

dav

A directory provided to mod_dav_svn for its private housekeeping data.

db

The data store for all of your versioned data.

format

A file that contains a single integer that indicates the version number of the repository layout.

hooks

A directory full of hook script templates (and hook scripts themselves, once you've installed some).

locks

A directory for Subversion's repository lock files, used for tracking accessors to the repository.

README.txt

A file whose contents merely inform its readers that they are looking at a Subversion repository.

2. Import data:

See the "Planning Your Repository Organization" to decide how to organize your projects with respect to repositories.
Your first decision is whether to use a single repository for multiple projects, or to give each project its own repository, or some compromise of these two.

shell> svn import /home/svn/tmp/ file:///home/svn/repos/ -m "Initial Import"

3. Show repository:

shell> svn list -v file:///home/svn/repos/
shell> svnlook info --revision 1 /home/svn/repos/
shell> svnlook tree /home/svn/repos/ --show-ids

4. Invoking server

shell> svnserve -d --listen-port 3690 -r /home/svn

Reference:
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/cn/java/j-lo-apache-subversion/index.html
http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.4/index.html