Subversion

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Contents 1 Installation 2 Repository 3 Server 4 Links

Installation

Repository

The repository is where all the files will go. You can hold multiple projects in one repository or create a repository per project.

1. To create a repository

   svnadmin create <path_to_repository>

2. Your projects should contain three subdirectories, it is recommended that you use a project directory in which you place these directories.
   1. branches - branches of the main project
   2. tags - tagged versions of the main project
   3. trunk - main project, you should place your source files here
      
      Example:

      mkdir myProject
      mkdir myProject/branches
      mkdir myProject/tags
      mkdir myProject/trunk
      cp --recursive /tmp/myProjectSources/* myProject/trunk/

3. Import your project into the repository
   
   SVN import usage:

   svn import [path_to_projectdir] <url_to_repository/projectdirname> -m "Initial Import"

   Example:

   svn import myProject file:///opt/svn/repository/myProject -m "Initial Import"

Server

After creating the repository you could set up a SVN server. You can then use the svn:// protocol for file transmissions.

svnserve -dr <path_to_repository>

This sets up the svn server to run as a daemon.

You should configure the files in the conf directory that resides in the repository directory.

• svnserve.conf - I uncommented the following lines and set the following values:

  anon-access = none
  auth-access = write
  password-db = passwd
  authz-db = authz

• authz - I left this file alone
• passwd - I added some users, just as stated in the examples

Links

SVN Book