How we can connect to SVN repository from Linux server. I want to connect to svn repository from linux server for committing code. Any help will be appreciated.
First I assume that the SVN repository is already created since you just want to get code and commit to it.
But basically as the comments describe there is not much to it.
You will need SVN (the command) and a Username and Password.
Again, I assume you have all of these things ready.
First thing you need to do is to check-out the repository so that you have the code on your local server. Once you have to code, then you can start to edit/add and change it and then commit it back.
svn co https://www.remotesvnserver.com/svn/project projectname
"co" stands for "Check Out" witch is the equivalent of "Clone" when we are talking GIT.
Now that you have checked out your SVN project, you can begin to edit and change it as you like (granted you have the permissions)
edit some.file (make changes to a file)
svn commit -m "My change info"
I won't begin to talk about if you add files, delete files or rename files.
You will need to look into SVN documentation for that, but again I assume that you already know these things as you just wanted to connect to a SVN repository.
I would recommend looking into some of the documentation Apache has on SVN.
(Apache Foundation is the project maintainer of SVN)
https://subversion.apache.org
https://subversion.apache.org/quick-start
Full SVN manual
- http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn-book.html
https://openoffice.apache.org/svn-basics.html
You can find details of various SVN commands here.
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I spent all day installing the svn server on my virtual debian 7. So now I have working svn server on svn:// and http:// protocols. With the http:// I haven't got any problems, but with the svn:// first I couldn't create a project folder in my repo through Tortoise browser, there was some error: "User cancelled", after this I did it in the console with some command like this one
svn mkdir -m "project folder" svn://svn.host/repo/project
then a message for root password appeared, next svn user name and pass, and the project folder showed up to the Tortoise browser. I did 3 folders trough Tortoise browser: trunk, branches and tags, and I added my local project to the trunk directory. So now everything seems to work fine just when access my repo through console, ftp or http I can see the trunk branches and tags directories. I tried to find them in the linux tree with no success, it is very strange because the project is there in the Tortoise Browser, but not in the repo. Thanks of any good people which can help me to understand whats going on, and sorry for the level of my English still learning.
The subversion repository is basically a database; you won't see the literal names of files and directories if you inspect it directly. This follows from the purpose of subversion: to store the history of every file and folder, including its state at every past revision, and metadata such as log messages, and actions which change the directory structure, such as renames and deletes.
Laying out the repository the same way as the code being stored would be a very inefficient solution for this aim.
I'm moving my current server contents to a new one, and am currently in the process of setting up SVN. I'm fairly unfamiliar with SVN, typically using it to the extent of commits and updates.
I have two locations that I use SVN on the old server:
PROD location:
/var/www/html/new_dwutils/
and local:
/home/{user_name}/public_html/new_dwutils/
My interaction svn-wise is normally committing and updating at the /new_dwutils/ level.
Note: Running svn --version says I'm at version 1.6.11 for both servers.
I'm now trying to recreate this structure on the new server. My initial thought was to create the svn repo using something like:
svnadmin create /var/www/html/new_dwutils/
This creates the repo dir, but, when I copy my files into the dir, I am unable to do svn commands like status. However, when I go into a sub-dir of the copied data, I can use the svn commands.
This has me thinking that the repo is /new_dwutils/ and the copied data is considered a project? And the sub-dirs are working copies then?
Going off that thought, I deleted the repo, and made the html dir a repo:
svnadmin create /var/www/html/
I then copied my new_dwutils dir, and sure enough, I was able to do svn commands like I use too. What I've noticed is that when creating the repo, a few things are added that were not on the previous server: conf/, db/, format, hooks/, locks/, and README.txt. I get that these are svn files, but I'm not seeing the .svn file. I know that there was an update for svn that "removed" .svn files, but these files are now in /var/www/html/.
Now I want to setup my local working copy.
I've been doing (location /home/{user_name}/public_html/):
svn checkout file:///var/www/html/
Problem is it copies the html/ file, but nothing in it, and I don't want the html/ file I want the html/new_dwutils/ file.
I feel like I'm doing it wrong from the start, and would greatly appreciate some explanation on how to get on the right track. A step by step would be extremely useful, and if further clarification is need for files or directory paths, I would gladly detail.
Thanks!
The Subversion Manual will answer all of your questions.
If you're making a Subversion repository under /var/www.html, I'm assuming you're using Apache httpd as your server. Look at Chapter 6. If you already have a repo, create a dump file, then use that dump file to recreate the repo. Look at Chapter 5 on moving repositories.
If you don't know anything about Subversion, or are confused by the difference between the repository location directory and a working directory, read the on-line manual. It's one of the best pieces of documentation I've seen.
From description of your question it appears that '/var/www/html/new_dwutils/' is your working copy and not a repo.
Go to '/var/www/html/new_dwutils/' on the old server and type "svn info" this should give you location of the old repo. You should simply be able to 'svn co ' into the new location to checkout a copy of all your files from the old server (everything that is checked in - you will not get anything that is not checked in on the old server).
However, if your repo was local on the old server and you want to move it to your new server too. Then you can simply copy the entire folder to the new server and access it directly using its new location in 'svn co' command.
I have been going through documentation and such and have SVN working, but I want to put it on an existing directory. I imported that directory, so do I rename/delete the non SVN directory and then checkout the SVN to the non SVN directory location? I am just trying to understand how to get it to start posting to our website URL.
If so, is there any way to keep the current non SVN and make it SVN rather than import and overwrite?
Thanks, I am trying to understand SVN, but find a lot of the tutorials and such on the web to be confusing.
Yes, you have it exactly. Once your code has been added to the repository, you can get rid of or rename your original code directory. Then checkout the project from the repository into the same location as your previous code and continue working from there.
UPDATE
To make it so that your website is updated from the repository, you actually need two working directories, and a repository.
Repository: The repository stores the code and changesets, but isn't directly accessible as a file system. Keep a backup!.
Working directory 1: You develop and test your code from a working directory checked out from the repository. Commit changes back to the repository.
Working directory 2: Rename the code directory on your webserver. Checkout a copy of the code to your web server in its place. Technically it is now a working directory, since it contains the .svn metadata directories, though you won't usually make changes here.
Make changes to your code from your development working directory (1) and commit them back to the repository. When you are satisfied that they are working correctly and have been properly tested, on the web server's code copy (2) do svn update (or if you're using Tortoise SVN on the web server, do an update). This will synchronize the server code with the current development version.
Subversion will not automatically push updates to your web server. You will need to pull them in with an update when you need to. It is possible to use what's called a "post-commit hook" to cause Subversion to execute a script when commits are made, and that script could update or export code to your production web server. However, you would need to write the script and it's kind of an advanced usage of Subversion. I would recommend trying out the method I described with a working copy on the web server to get accustomed to the workflow befrore trying anything more complicated.
Addendum If you really want to do this (and I don't really recommend it unless you really test well) a very easy method would be to schedule a cron job that does svn update every couple of hours (or minutes) on your production site.
Don't forget that if you do happen to modify your code directly on the web server, you must commit it back to the repository from there, and do an update on your development working copy.
I have checked-out one of the project from SVN (using SSH protocol) (been a long time).
I want to retrieve the SVN username that I had used when I checkout this project in ECLIPSE.
What I tried:
Saw the properties of the project - no luck
Saw the .eclipse folder for the settings/config - no luck
Is there any way I can see the username (if possible password) for the SVN project that I used to checkout in eclipse?
Note:
The SVN installed on my machine is Subclipse and I have never committed to this repository but checked-out the project.
Subversion stores the relevant account data in your home directory.
For example on Windows 7 you will find a lot of files regarding Subversion in the directory
C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Subversion
On Linux it is ~/.subversion
Look into the auth subdirectory.
In subclipse, I'd use Team->Show History. Then you have the username in the Author column. You just need to find one of your own commits.
I just logged onto http://www.ezsvn.com, that hosts my SVN repository. I have been paying monthly for hundreds of commits.
They're shutting down, and their support is nonexistent.
Can I get a backup of my repository from my machine? I’m using Windows.
If you have shell access:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Subversion_backup_and_restore
If you don't have shell access (look at both the original answer and also the comments re: svnsync):
http://moelhave.dk/2006/07/remote-mirroring-a-subversion-svn-repository/
If you have access to run svnadmin on their server, it'll be no problem, and I see Dav has already linked to instructions for that.
Now, if you don't have access to run svnadmin, as far as I know it's not possible to use the SVN client itself (maybe TortoiseSVN for you) to copy the entire repository. (EDIT: never mind, I guess that was wrong. I'll leave the git info here just for the fun of it though.) But you can convert a whole Subversion repository to git, and here are instructions for doing that: http://pauldowman.com/2008/07/26/how-to-convert-from-subversion-to-git/ From there, you might be able to convert the git repository back into an SVN repository on another server. I know it's not really the answer you were looking for but if nothing else works, it will at least let you save your project's history in some form. (And hey, you could take it as an excuse to switch to distributed version control, which is all the rage these days)
If you really want/need the full history of your repository, you'll have to either get a dumpfile from the provider or get it yourself - some of the responses so far have addressed this already.
Another option: if you are not concerned with past revisions, but want your repo at it's latest state, just checkout the head revision, and export it to a separate location on your computer. That way, you have all your work to this point. You could then keep that as a backup, or possibly create an SVN account elsewhere, and import the exported copy into a fresh repo, then you would be back in business.