This is for creating a new entry in the repository. Use svn-import-to "destination-path-in-repository" to import the contents of the current directory to some place in repository. Before that take care of having removed all unnecessary files like object files or temporary test files or whatever.
Example:
The current working directory may be ~/workspace/ip. Then
$ svn-import-to pro
stores the complete contents of ~/workspace/ip to pro/ip in the repository.
Afterwards the current working directory will still not be under version control. For that you have to move e.g. ip to ip.bak and checkout pro/ip (see svn-co).
(see also svn-import-to Usage).
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