[SATLUG] Need some help with SVN

[K. Spoon]

On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 12:31:35PM -0600, Nate Turnage wrote:
> On 12/5/06, Justizin <justizin at siggraph.org> wrote:
> >
> >If you use CentOS, RHEL, or debian you can install svn from packages,
> >and I strongly suggest that you do so if possible, unless you are
> >looking to become a subversion consultant. ;)
> >
> >Unless you have to, also, I'd suggest using mod_dav_svn vs. svnserve
> 
> 
> 
> Actually it is installed as part of a hosting account I have with
> Railsplayground. They just don't have a lot of documentation on how to use
> it.
> 
> I am planning on setting up a local server at work once I get a handle on
> how to use it properly. We'll probably use Ubuntu or SuSE on our box.
> 
> Thanks for the tips.

One more, free of charge... when you setup the SVN repos, use the
filesystem as your backend instead of bdb.

svnadmin create --fs-type fsfs /path/to/repos

The Berkely DB backend seems to get stuck for whatever reason and
corrupts the repository.

-- 
K. Spoon <kell at spoonix.com>