Difference: CemSvnUsage (4 vs. 5)

Initial Setup

• need following packages: Apache, subversion, mod_dav_svn (install with yum)

configuration

• edit /etc/httpd/conf.d/subversion.conf as follows:

<Location /repos>
   DAV svn
   SVNPath /var/www/svn/repos

   # Limit write permission to list of valid users.
   <LimitExcept GET PROPFIND OPTIONS REPORT>
      # Require SSL connection for password protection.
      # SSLRequireSSL

      AuthType Basic
      AuthName "Subversion repos"
      AuthUserFile /etc/svn-auth-conf
      Require valid-user
   </LimitExcept>
</Location>

• add subversion users:

  [root@lucifer ~] htpasswd -cm /etc/svn-auth-conf yourusername
  New password:
  Re-type new password:
  Adding password for user yourusername
  [root@lucifer ~] htpasswd -m /etc/svn-auth-conf anotherusername
  New password:
  Re-type new password:
  Adding password for user anotherusername
  

• configure repository

cd /var/www
sudo mkdir svn
cd svn
sudo svnadmin create repos
sudo chown -R apache.apache repos
sudo service httpd restart

Setting up repository and importing

• set up standard directory tree

mkdir myproj
cd myproj
mkdir trunk
mkdir branches
mkdir tags
cd trunk
<put all main files here>

• import the tree (assuming myproj is in current directory):

   svn import myproj file:///var/www/svn/repos/myproj -m "Initial layout and import for myproj"

to checkout repository

• once you checked out the repository from a particular server, then all update and commit commands refer to this server
• there is an .svn file hiding in all the directories

to commit changes to repository

• svn commit -m "comment"
• svn ci -m "comment" (same thing)
• can apply to entire trunk or only to individual directories

• • sudo htpasswd -m /etc/svn-auth-conf stokes

to add or remove files from svn logging

• svn add filename
• svn rm filename
• svn mv file1 file2
• svn cp file1 file2
• if you simply remove the file then svn will not commit those change
• if you modify a file that svn is already aware of, then these changes will be committed
• if you copy a new file into the repository, then you need to use "add" command to make svn aware of it

to make sure programs and scripts are executable

• svn propset svn:executable on [filename]
  • you can use wildcards on the filename
• this applies to local directory, then commit your changes to the repository

to update local file with contents of the repository

• svn update

to tunnel to svn server

• svn ls http://localhost:8080/repos/emip_distr
• svn co http://localhost:8080/repos/emip_distr
• svn ci -m "comment"
• svn update
• svn proplist http://localhost:8080/repos/emip_distr/emip/emip.py

moving repository to new server:

1. Backup current repository to file

sudo svnadmin dump /var/www/svn/repos >current_repo_backup

1. Install svn on new server (see above) and make empty repository

cd /var/www
sudo mkdir svn
cd svn
svnadmin create repos
sudo chown apache.apache repos

1. Restore repo backup:

sudo svnadmin load /var/www/svn/repos <current_repo_backup

• Set ALLOWTOPICVIEW =

-- DavidStokes - 03 Feb 2011