[nylug-talk] Set up Subversion

[H. G.]

On 12/27/06, Nathan Eckenrode <nathan at eckenrodehouse.net> wrote:
>
> On Wednesday 27 December 2006 11:55, Steven Lembark wrote:
> > > I am looking to set up a small instance of subversion to serve as a
> handy
> > > ( or what I perceive to be handy) means of controlling backups from my
> > > main system. Does anyone have any experience they would like to impart
> or
> > > know of a good tutorial which uses little words ( I'll be able to use
> the
> > > big words again next year when my vocabulary allowance returns.)
> >
> > One suggestion: use the filesystem (vs. DBM) archive format.
> > It is "slower" but not to a level you are likely to see and
> > avoids database manglement issues during setup and operation.
> > Basically this only requires using 'fsfs' as the format when
> > you set it up.
> >
> > enjoi
> So this will turn my filesystem into a subversion repository? With some
> work,
> of course.
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No.  fsfs will cause subversion to use your filesystem to store the
repository, instead of a database
file, which is how it normally does things.
This is not the same thing as what you seek.

The repository structure will be stored right there raw on your filesystem.
These are the files that contain
repository metadata, and etc.  Basically Subversion specific stuff.

Your "filesystem" will be the _contents_ of the repository, and as such,
will be stored within the repository
files in whatever format that Subversion keeps them in.

The difference between using fsfs or svn's normal mode of operation only
controls _HOW_ Subversion
stores the repository proper.

Perhaps you would be interested in Unison (
http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/)?