Code Versioning with SVN

SVN is a code versioning tool, which has being gaining popularity over the more well known CVS.

Some SVN commands for server:

• To run the SVN server serving out to your clients:
  
  • svnserve -d -r c:/svnrepos/ --listen-port 7788
    Start the daemon svn server, with repository under that directory, listening to port 7788.
    
• To create a new project in the repository.
  
  • svnadmin create TestProject
• In the project repository conf directory (eg. c:/svnrepos/TestProject/conf/),
  
• Add users in 'passwd' file
  Example:
  jd = password
  
• Add permissions in 'authz' file
  Example:
  [groups]
  tribe_r = user1,user2
  
  [/]
  @tribe_r = r
  jd = rw
• Use TortoiseSVN to do an initial import.
  Example of an URL:
  
• svn://localhost:3690/TestProject
• When you need to do a migration (moving your repository to another computer, possibly with another ),
  
  • svnadmin dump c:/svnrepos/TestProject > TestProject.dumpfile
    This will create a dump file of the entire TestProject repository
  • svnadmin create TestProjectNew
    Create the new repository in the new computer.
    
  • svnadmin load TestProjectNew < TestProject.dumpfile
    With load, your project repository will be migrated successfully!
  • Copy the passwd and authz files directly to set up the same access rights.
    

For client:

• Use TortoiseSVN to do a initial checkout with the same URL.
• Thereafter users can commit and update with the same URL.
• Client is as simple as that...
  

Resources:

• Collabnet SVN - Download both server and client with tortoise GUI