Author: bhuvan
Date: Wed Sep 12 14:47:49 2007
New Revision: 4346
Modified:
trunk/generic/server/C/vcs.xml
Log:
* generic/server/C/vcs.xml
Include instructions for svn import command. Few more minor tweaks.
Patch by: Adam Sommer
Modified: trunk/generic/server/C/vcs.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/generic/server/C/vcs.xml (original)
+++ trunk/generic/server/C/vcs.xml Wed Sep 12 14:47:49 2007
@@ -59,7 +59,18 @@
</screen>
</para>
</sect3>
-
+ <sect3 id="import-svn-files" status="complete">
+ <title>Importing Files</title>
+ <para>
+ Once you create the repository you can
+ <emphasis>import</emphasis> files into the
+ repository. To import a directory, enter the
+ following from a terminal prompt:
+<screen>
+<command>svn import /path/to/import/directory
file:///path/to/repos/project</command>
+</screen>
+ </para>
+ </sect3>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="access-methods" status="complete">
<title>Access Methods</title>
@@ -146,12 +157,32 @@
Require valid-user
</LimitExcept>
</Location> </programlisting>
+ <para>
+ To import or commit files to your Subversion repository over
+ HTTP, the repository should be owned by the HTTP user. In
+ Ubuntu systems, normally the HTTP user is
+ <command>www-data</command>. To change the ownership of the
+ repository files enter the following command from terminal
+ prompt:
+ </para>
+<screen>
+<command>sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /path/to/repos</command>
+</screen>
+ <note>
+ <para>
+ By changing the ownership of repository as
+ <command>www-data</command> you will not be able to import or
+ commit files into the repository by running <command>svn import
+ file:///</command> command as any user other than
+ <command>www-data</command>.
+ </para>
+ </note>
<para>Next, you must create the <filename>/etc/subversion/passwd</filename>
file. This file contains user authentication details. To add an entry, i.e.
to add a user, you can run the following command from a terminal
prompt:</para>
<para>
<screen>
-<command>htpasswd2 /etc/subversion/passwd user_name</command>
+<command>sudo htpasswd -c /etc/subversion/passwd user_name</command>
</screen>
</para>
<para>This command will prompt you to enter the password. Once you
enter the password, the user is added. Now, to access the repository you can
run the following command:</para>
@@ -324,7 +355,7 @@
Once the initial repository is set up, you can configure
<application>xinetd</application> to start the CVS server.
You can copy the following lines to the <filename>
-/etc/xinetd/cvspserver</filename> file.
+/etc/xinetd.d/cvspserver</filename> file.
<programlisting>
service cvspserver
@@ -398,13 +429,13 @@
command to add this project to CVS repository:
<screen>
<command>cd your/project</command>
-<command>cvs import -d :pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/lib/cvs -m "Importing
my project to CVS repository" . new_project start</command>
+<command>cvs -d :pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/lib/cvs import -m "Importing
my project to CVS repository" . new_project start</command>
</screen>
<tip>
<para>
You can use the CVSROOT environment variable to store the CVS root directory.
-Once you export the CVSROOT environment variable, you can avoid using -d
option to
+Once you export the CVSROOT environment variable, you can avoid using -d
option in the
above cvs command.
</para>
</tip>
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