Subversion-1.1.3

Introduction to Subversion

Subversion is a version control system that is designed to be a compelling replacement for CVS in the open source community. It extends and enhances CVS' feature set, while maintaining a similar interface for those already familiar with CVS. These instructions install the client and server software used to manipulate a Subversion repository. Creation of a repository is covered at Running a Subversion Server.

Package information

Installation of Subversion

Install Subversion by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make

Now, as the root user:

make install &&
install -v -d -m755 /usr/share/doc/subversion-1.1.3 &&
cp -v -R doc/* /usr/share/doc/subversion-1.1.3
[Note]

Note

If you have Apache installed, pass the --with-apr=/usr and --with-apr-util=/usr switches to the configure script. Otherwise, Subversion will overwrite APR and APR-utils from the Apache installation with its own files.

Command explanations

--with-ssl: This switch enables OpenSSL support in neon.

Configuring Subversion

Config files

~/.subversion/config and /etc/subversion/config

Configuration Information

/etc/subversion/config is the Subversion system-wide configuration file. This file is used to specify defaults for different svn commands.

~/.subversion/config is the user's personal configuration file. It is used to override the system-wide defaults set in /etc/subversion/config.

Contents

Installed Programs: svn, svnadmin, svndumpfilter, svnlook, svnserve, svnversion and optionally, neon-config
Installed Libraries: libsvn_*.[so,a] and optionally, libneon.[so,a] and the mod_dav_svn.so and mod_authz_svn.so Apache HTTP DSO modules
Installed Directories: /etc/subversion, /usr/include/neon (optional), /usr/include/subversion-1, /usr/share/doc/neon-0.24.7 (optional) and /usr/share/doc/subversion-1.1.3

Short Descriptions

svn

is a command-line client program used to access Subversion repositories.

svnadmin

is a tool for creating, tweaking or repairing a Subversion repository.

svndumpfilter

is a program for filtering Subversion repository dumpfile format streams.

svnlook

is a tool for inspecting a Subversion repository.

svnserve

is a custom standalone server program, able to run as a daemon process or invoked by SSH.

svnversion

is used to report the version number and state of a working Subversion repository copy.

neon-config

is a script which provides information about an installed copy of the neon library.

libsvn_*.[so,a]

are the support libraries used by the Subversion programs.

libneon.[so,a]

is used as a high-level interface to common HTTP and WebDAV methods.

mod_authz_svn.so

is a plug-in module for the Apache HTTP server, used to authenticate users to a Subversion repository over the Internet or an intranet.

mod_dav_svn.so

is a plug-in module for the Apache HTTP server, used to make a Subversion repository available to others over the Internet or an intranet.

Last updated on 2005-01-25 09:02:00 -0700