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.