Detailed SVN initial checkin

NOTE: we assume that drupal is installed in the drupal directory as it would be by default of you check it out from CVS

Make a backup... just in case :-)

sudo tar -czvf drupalsite_date.tgz drupal

Take ownership of files and directories

sudo find ./drupal -type d -exec chown new_owner {} \;
sudo find ./drupal -type f -exec chown new_owner {} \;
sudo find ./drupal/sites/default/files/civicrm -type d -exec chmod 775 {} \;
sudo find ./drupal/sites/default/files/civicrm -type f -exec chmod 775 {} \;
sudo find ./drupal/sites/default/files/civicrm -type d -exec chgrp www-data {} \;
sudo find ./drupal/sites/default/files/civicrm -type f -exec chgrp www-data {} \;

Make sure that the files in the files directory have correct access, especially if you are running civicrm.

Make a copy of the code (-p preserver file ownership)

cp -Rp drupal drupal_import

Remove files that you don;t want to check in such as configurations.and the file/civicrm 

Import the files 

svn import drupal_import file:///svn/<project name>/trunk -m"Initial import"

Rename the original directory, check out the files from SVN and remane trunk

mv drupal drupal_orig
svn checkout file:///svn/<project name>/trunk
mv trunk drupal

sudo find ./drupal/sites/default/files -type d -exec chmod 775 {} \;
sudo find ./drupal/sites/default/files -type f -exec chmod 775 {} \;
sudo find ./drupal/sites/default/files -type d -exec chgrp www-data {} \;
sudo find ./drupal/sites/default/files -type f -exec chgrp www-data {} \;