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SVN is used to managed file revisions, branches and application releases.
 
SVN is used to managed file revisions, branches and application releases.
 
You have to install a SVN server, then a client on each remote computer.
 
You have to install a SVN server, then a client on each remote computer.

Revision as of 17:19, 10 June 2014


SVN is used to managed file revisions, branches and application releases. You have to install a SVN server, then a client on each remote computer.


SVN server

Linux (subversion)

installation

Required package

apt-get install subversion

Source folder You must indicate to subversion how it's going to work

mkdir /var/svn
mkdir /var/svn/myRepository

Set rights

chown -R www-data:www-data /var/svn/myRepository 
chmod -R 777 /var/svn/myRepository

→ Use "www-data" user:group if you want to setup web access through HTTP(S) protocol later on.


Server automatic startup

Create SVN startup script

vim /etc/init.d/svnServer

Put the following content

#!/bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:             svn
# Required-Start:       $remote_fs
# Required-Stop:        $remote_fs
# Default-Start:        2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:         0 1 6
# Short-Description:    SVN server
### END INIT INFO

do_start () {
	svnserve -d -r /var/svn --pid-file /var/run/svnserve.pid
}
do_stop () {
	start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile /var/run/svnserve.pid
}

case "$1" in
	start)
  		do_start
 		;;
 	stop)
 		do_stop
 		exit $?
 		;;
 	restart)
 		do_stop
		sleep 1s
 		do_start
 		;;
	*)
		echo "Usage: $0 start|stop|restart" >&2
		exit 3
		;;
esac

Set execution flags:

chmod 750 /etc/init.d/svnServer


Update boot sequence

Create symlink

ln -s /etc/init.d/svnServer /usr/bin/svnServer

Register SVN server to server startup

cd /etc/init.d
update-rc.d svnServer defaults


Start SVN server

/etc/init.d/svnServer start


How to remove SVN from boot?

Just execute the following sequence

update-rc.d -f svnserve remove


SVN repository

To do any advanced task, you've to use "svnadmin" To create repository you have to: 1. Create folder 2. Defines rights 3. Creates users


1. Create root folder

svnadmin create /var/svn/myRepo

Create repo structure

cd /var/svn/myRepo
mkdir trunk
mkdir tags
mkdir branches
chmod -R 755 */


2. Adjust rights

vim /var/svn/myRepo/conf/svnserve.conf

Adjust values:

anon-access = none		→ disable anonymous access
auth-access = write		→ allow read / write to all users
password-db = passwd		→ password required to log-in
realm = 'java'		→ Name of the current repo (without quotes!)

3. Create users

vim /var/svn/myRepo/conf/passwd

Restart your server to use the new repository.


Repository access

You can use the repository with the following SVN URL: svn://server/java


LDAP + WebSVN access

Instead of “svn://” + dedicated SVN user you can use “https://myServer/dav_svn/” + LDAP user. Please read the Apache 2 documentation to get more information.

>> TODO : add link <<


Windows

Installation

Users / groups configuration

  • Open the Visual SVN server application.
  • Open properties

Action > Properties

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  • Click Repositories, adjust “Everyone” rights to Read Only
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  • Add a new user and add 'read / write' permissions to this new user
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Create a new repository (1) – standalone use

Right click on “repositories” -> create New Repository

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Enter the repository name and let the server create the default structure for you:

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→ Note the SVN URL. You’ll need it later when you’re gonna setup your project, within the maven pom.


Create a new repository (2) – mirror Google Code

Google provides a free subversion service through its “Google Code” service. However, there’s no quality analysis. … So, in order to provide quality checks we will mirror the google code repository.

Therefore, we’ll be able to perform quality scans.

  • Create a new repository, see previous chapter
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  • Right click on the repository -> All tasks -> Manage hooks
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You have to edit the “pre-revision property change hook” and put the following command:

exit 0

This will check that the execution (synchronization) was successful.

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SVN client

The SVN client version must match the server version for better performances and to avoid errors.


Windows

Tortoise SVN is the best one available. http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/

!! During installation, don't forget to install the svn command line tools !!


Linux

Command line client

apt-get install subversion

Then you can use the svn command:

  • svn co --username=yourUserName --password=yourpassword http://path-to-your-svn
  • svn add file
  • svn commit -m "my revision comment"

Graphical client

RabbitVCS is a good alternative to tortoise SVN: http://rabbitvcs.org/

apt-get install rabbitvcs-cli rabbitvcs-core rabbitvcs-gedit rabbitvcs-nautilus