tortoise SVN: Copy a SVN bound directory to another repository

Task at hand: Copy a directory from within one SVN repository to another Assumptions: - Tortoise SVN as SVN client - The two SVN repositories - being copied from and being copied to already exist Steps: 1. Right click SVN bound directory that you with to copy. Choose tortoise SVN -> Export. 2. Specify path to an empty folder e.g. "c:\to_add". Click on OK. 3. Now you have the SVN bound directory contents in this new directory "to_add". 4. Right click on "to_add" and choose tortoise svn -> add 5. Specify path to the new repository and location inside it. 6. Right click on "to_add" and choose SVN Commit to make your changes per.......................... READ FULL ARTICLE

What to do : When your SVN client saves a wrong password -> Make it forget it

Applies to: Any SVN client using putty to connect to SVN server. For e.g. tortoise SVN Who is this post for? This post is for anyone who wants SVN client and server to forget currently configured password Steps to follow Know your repository URL For this you should be using tortoise SVN repo-browser and check out the URL. In my case, it looks like svn+ssh://jyotsnas@visharad/svnRepos/travel_broker This tells me following linux username being used is jyotsnas the svn server is named as visharad Probably all SVN repositories are located under /var/svnRepos Now that we know the servername, in this case 'vish.......................... READ FULL ARTICLE

linux how to: replicate svn repository

Task at hand: I have a repository on one of the linux server. As a part of upgradation process, we decided to move the SVN server to a newer better linux infrastructure. Task at hand is to replicate the svn repositories on new server. Solution: Create dump for existing repository svnadmin dump /path/to/repo > /path/to/dump/folder/myrepo.dump This command creates a .dump file and shows the revisions being dumped as it progresses Transfer the dump file to new server. This can be accomplished through SSH / FTP connection or a simple scp command as: scp /path/to/dump/folder/myrepo.dump user@new_server:/path/to/dump/folder/myr.......................... READ FULL ARTICLE

linux: create svn repository

Assumptions: You already have SVN installed on your linux server. If you do not know if it is installed, just type command which svn If this returns a valid path as output, then it means that svn is installed on your linux box. If not, you need to install it. Installing subversion is very easy (for most distributions) and ample documentation is available on the web. You can start with http://subversion.tigris.org. Four steps to complete svn repository creation on linux log onto server as root I prefer to have all svn repositories in one directory for better organization and easy maintenance. So next step for me would be .......................... READ FULL ARTICLE

How to make SVN remember password

Who is this post for? This post is for anyone who wants a step by step guide to accomplish any of the following Make a SVN client like tortoise svn remember password Make linux server remember your password when logging through putty Tools you need: Putty Puttygen What you need to do: Using putty - login to linux server. change directory to ~/.ssh/ by typing following command cd ~/.ssh Type command ssh-keygen -b 1024 -t dsa and press enter. Do not enter a passphrase. Hit enter when prompted for one. Same for the filename. default filename = id_dsa and id_dsa.pub. id_dsa is the priva.......................... READ FULL ARTICLE