Get Started with SVN

There are 2 things you need to do to use SVN. Install the server and install the client software

Setting up the Server Part

This installation assumes Fedora Linux platform

1. Create a user called svn
2. Create a group called svngroup
3. Edit /etc/services and add the following

   svn 3690/tcp # Subversion svn 3690/udp # Subversion

4. Create a repository, let's call it my-repo

   svnadmin create /home/svn/my-repo

5. Create subdirectories and import into the repository

   mkdir tmp/cust1/branches
   mkdir tmp/cust1/tags
   mkdir tmp/cust1/trunk
   vi tmp/cust/trunk/foo.c
   
   svn import tmp/project file:///home/svn/repository -m "initial import"

6. Edit config file (all under conf/ directory)

   a. svnserve.conf
   [general]
   # password-db points to a file called "userfile" which contain uid & passwor password-db = userfile
   realm = example realm
   # anonymous users can only read the repository # anon-access = read
   # authenticated users can both read and write auth-access = write
   
   b. edit "userfile"
   [users]
   harry = foopassword
   sally = barpassword
   

7. Run the svnserve server as follow:

   svnserve -d -r /home/svn/stm-repo

8. Access the repository as follow:

   svn checkout svn://10.226.200.245/trunk