I use Windows 7 and also I use TortoiseSVN to keep track of my code, now I want to migrate my repository to a cloud-service and the requirement is create a *.dump file, but I can't find a way to create it. Some forums say to use "svnadmin" but I can't find it also.
My question is how can I create a *.dump file with TortoiseSVN?
TortoiseSVN ships the svnadmin utility with it. It is a command line utillity. So you will have to create a dump of your repository in the command line.
To create a dump of your repository, use
svnadmin dump C:\SVN\MyProject > C:\tmp\MyProject.dump
where C:\SVN\MyProject is the path to your SVN repo and C:\tmp\MyProject.dump is the path to the dump file, which will be created.
To import your previously made dump file into a new repository, use
svnadmin load C:\SVN\MyProject < C:\tmp\MyProject.dump
where C:\SVN\MyProject is the path to your new SVN repo and C:\tmp\MyProject.dump is the path to the dump file, which should be imported.
TortoiseSVN is a svn client. It cannot take a dump of your repository. You need a tool like svnadmin on the server hosting your SVN repository to take a dump. You need access to the server and its filesystem.
Also see here for migrating a repository
The first thing you need to do is follow this tutorial to get some idea about how to use TortoiseSVN on the local machine.
once you have done with above tutorial and committed your files to the repository, execute below command.
svnadmin dump TortoiseRepository > dumpfile
If your TortoiseSVN repository is not called 'TortoiseRepository' just change the name above to whatever you have called it. If the dump works you should see lots of '*Dumped revision' messages. The 'dumpfile' now contains an entire export of your TortoiseSVN repository and all the revisions, comments etc.
