Configuring SVN Server

vikrambhatla — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:40:20 +0000

Create Repository:

svnadmin create /path/to/repository
i.e svnadmin create /Users/vbhatla/svn

Changing the repository read write access

sudo chmod -R 777 path/to/repository
i.e sudo chmod -R 777 /Users/vbhatla/svn

Add a New Project:

To add a project, the Subversion documentation suggests that you create a directory structure like the following:

project/branches
project/tags
project/trunk

Your files and directories are stored under the trunk directory

Create the directories as described. Assuming the project directory is a subdirectory of the current directory, you would enter the following command

svn import project file:///Users/vbhatla/svn/project -m “First Import”

Editing /Users/vbhatla/svn/conf/passwd file

adding users
[users]

username = password
john = john123
vbhatla = vikram123
vikrambhatla = vikram123

Editing /Users/vbhatla/svn/conf/authz file

#Adding groups

[groups]

team = vbhatla, john
phpteam = vikrambhatla

# Adding read write access to the repositories

[/]
@team = rw

[/project/trunk/www]
@team = rw
@phpteam = rw

Editing /Users/vbhatla/svn/conf/svnserve.conf

[general]

### These options control access to the repository for unauthenticated

### and authenticated users. Valid values are “write”, “read”,

### and “none”. The sample settings below are the defaults.

anon-access = none

auth-access = write

### The password-db option controls the location of the password

### database file. Unless you specify a path starting with a /,

### the file’s location is relative to the conf directory.

### Uncomment the line below to use the default password file.

password-db = passwd

### The authz-db option controls the location of the authorization

### rules for path-based access control. Unless you specify a path

### starting with a /, the file’s location is relative to the conf

### directory. If you don’t specify an authz-db, no path-based access

### control is done.

### Uncomment the line below to use the default authorization file.

authz-db = authz

### This option specifies the authentication realm of the repository.

### If two repositories have the same authentication realm, they should

### have the same password database, and vice versa. The default realm

### is repository’s uuid.

realm = My Project Repository

Starting svnserve

svnserve -d -r /Users/vbhatla/svn

Checking Out a project- svn checkout

svn checkout file:///Users/vbhatla/svn/project project

Add directory

cd project/trunk/www
mkdir code
svn add code

Committing Changes

svn ci –username vbhatla –password vikram123 -m “adding new
directory code”

Checking status
svn status

Subversion cheat sheet:
http://www.abbeyworkshop.com/howto/misc/svn01/

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Configuring SVN Server