Subversion Step-by-Step Configuration

Copyright©2004 Manilal , [email protected]
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Created on : Fri Apr 07 12:13:13 IST 2005

Step 1:

Make sure that these packages are installed :

subversion-1.1.0-5

subversion-devel-1.1.0-5

subversion-perl-1.1.0-5

Step 2:

Create a new Repository with the following command:

[root@ost2 ~]# svnadmin create /home/svn/call_centre

Step 3:

Edit the /home/svn/call_centre/conf/svnserve.conf

and enable the following lines :

[general]

password-db = passwd

realm = SK Call Centre Repository

Step 4:

Edit the file /home/svn/call_centre/conf/passwd and ad the following lines:

[users]

manoj=manoj

You can add as many users in the format USERNAME=PASSWORD. The passwords are not encrypted.

Step 5:

Set a text editor as the default SVN editor:

[root@ost2 ~]# export SVN_EDITOR=vi

Now that your Repository and authentication schemes are set, you need to import the development source tree to the server. You can use the file protocol or the SVN protocol to import the files. If you need to make the repository available in a network then you have to set up the svnserve. Issue the command:

[root@ost2 ~]# svnserve -d -r /home/svn/

This will run the svn server in daemon mode.

Step 6:

You can now import the source tree with the following command:

[mal@ost2 ~]$ svn import call_centre svn://192.168.0.250/call_centre --username manoj

Here “call_centre” is the orginal source tree.

You can also use the file protocol to import the tree.

[root@ost2 ~]# svn import call_centre file:///home/svn/call_centre

Step 7:

You can checkout the source by using the command:

[manilal@ost5 ~]$ svn checkout svn://192.168.0.250/call_centre

More help can be obtained by using the command : svn help

Subversion Homepage:

http://subversion.tigris.org/

Online help:

http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.1/index.html

http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.0/index.html