We have a pre-existing SVN repository. Whoever created it did not follow the SVN standard directory structure and so there is no hooks folder.
Is there a way to tell SVN to regenerate the hooks folder? If not, is there a way to create a directory manually and configure SVN to use that folder?
A simple mkdir hooks should do. Be sure to give the various scripts the exec bit; and have them executable by the svn (webserver) user.
If you want to example scripts; simply do
mkdir temp-example-copy-of-repo
cd temp-example-copy-of-repo
svnadmin create repo
cd repo/hooks
to get the example templates.