This is one of those things I have to do once every so often and that I can never freaking remember how to do.

1. Create a repository on the server. AFAIK can’t be done over the network; must be done on the machine hosting the repository.

   # svnadmin create /path/to/repositoryname

2. Import your files (often from a remote machine).

   $ svn import /tmp/project svn://url.com/repositoryname -m "initial freaking import"

3. Check them out again to your desired directory.

   $ svn checkout svn://url.com/repositoryname

That’s it! See the Quick Start in the online book if you need to mess around with branches and tags and the like.