I am working with a Subversion server that was recently upgraded to version 1.7. I am using the command-line Linux client 1.7.10.
I created a branch like this:
Upgrade remote repository, not personal checkout (take few seconds):
$ svnadmin upgrade REPOS_PATH
If you worry or have no remote access for converting - dump or sync repository copy by:
$ svnsync initialize --username=XXX --password=YYY $MIRROR $MASTER
$ svnsync synchronize $MASTER
or:
$ svnadmin dump $MASTER > svn.dump