Subversion

Administration

Creating the Repository:

bash$ svnadmin create /dir/path/REPOS_NAME

Initial creation of Trunk, Branches, and Tags

bash$ cd /tmp

bash$ mkdir svn

bash$ cd svn

bash$ mkdir trunk branches tags

bash$ cd /tmp

bash$ svn import svn file:///dir/path/REPOS_NAME -m "Initial Import"

Change working path on a SVN repository

bash$ svn switch --relocate OLD_URL NEW_URL

Setup Subversion on Windows

First we need to install PuTTY, PuTTYgen, Pageant and Tortoise on our Windows system. All we need to do is download the exectuable files (.exe) and save them somewhere, e.g. on the desktop. We don't need to install them as they are standalone applications. To start them, we only need to double-click them.

• PuTTY: http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/putty.exe
• PuTTYgen: http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/puttygen.exe
• Pageant: http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/pageant.exe
• Tortoise: http://tortoisesvn.net/downloads - choose the 32bit installer

Here are the simple instructions on setting up the SSH key and SVN:

• Generate A Private/Public Key Pair using PuTTYgen
• save both the private and public key pair
• Start Pageant and add the private key to it so you would only type in your passphrase 1 time
• Place the public key in the authorized_keys file inside the subversion server
• Once uploaded test the SSH connection using PuTTY using the key pair
• Setup the SVN Tortoise
• Once setup right click the folder (where you want your SVN repository to be located) and click SVN checkout, this will export files/checkout files once you have correct URL of the repository. Next bullet
• Checkout the SVN repository:

svn+ssh://svn@svn.server.com/dir/path/MODULES/trunk MODULES

For detailed description of the procedure, please go to

• Setting up the ssh key pair: http://www.howtoforge.com/ssh_key_based_logins_putty
• Setting up SVN Tortoise: http://tortoisesvn.net/ssh_howto