Subversion Configuration on CentOS

Requirements

• Apache 2
• Subversion
• PHP 5 + Pear + VersionControl_SVN
• MySql

Subversion Installation

1. Download and install the basic packages required by Subversion by using yum command in Terminal

#yum install subversion mod_dav_svn php-mysql php-pear httpd

2. Create a repository directory at /var/svn

#mkdir -p /var/svn/repos
#chown –R apache:apache /var/svn/

3. Create a configuration repository directory at /var/svn/repos

#svnadmin create /var/svn/repos/myrepos
#chown –R apache.apache /var/svn/repos/myrepos

SVN Manager Installation

1. Download the latest version of SVN Manager from here
2. Extract the tar files to /var/www/html/svnmanager

#tar –xvzf svnmanager-1.05.tgz
#mv svnmanager-1.035 /var/www/html/svnmanager

Version Control Installation

1. Download and install VersionContol_SVN by using pear command in Terminal

#pear install --alldeps VersionControl_SVN-0.3.0alpha1.tgz

MySql Configuration

1. Create database for SVN Manager

#mysql –u root
Mysql>create database svn;
Mysql>grant all privileges on svn.* to 'svnmanager'@'localhost' identified by '[password]';
Mysql>flush privileges;
Mysql>quit;

SVN Manager Configuration

1. Add the following commands in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

<Location /repos>
DAV svn
SVNParentPath /var/svn/repos
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Subversion Repository"
AuthUserFile /var/svn/passwdfile
AuthzSVNAccessFile /var/svn/accessfile
Require valid-user
</Location>

<Directory "/var/www/html/svnmanager/">
AllowOverride None
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Allow from all
</Directory>

2. Create passwdfile and accessfile in /var/svn/ directory

#touch /var/svn/passwdfile
#touch /var/svn/accessfile
#cd /var/svn
#chown –R apache.apache passwdfile
#chown –R apache.apache accessfile

3. Edit the commands as below in /var/www/html/svnmanager/config.php

$htpassword_cmd = "/usr/bin/htpasswd";
$svn_cmd = "/usr/bin/svn";
$svnadmin_cmd = "/usr/bin/svnadmin";
$svn_repos_loc = "/var/svn/repos";
$svn_passwd_file = "/var/svn/passwdfile";
$svn_access_file = "/var/svn/accessfile";

$dsn = "mysql://svnmanager:[password]@localhost/svn";

4. Restart the Apache and Mysql with the following commands

#service httpd restart
#service mysqld restart

5. Open web browser and type in URL http://localhost/svnmanager



Using Subversion in Terminal

1. Make some test files

#mkdir test1
#cd test1
#vim file1.cfg ~~ press Esc and Shift + z twice times to save
#vim file2.cfg

2. Import project

#svn import test1/ file:///var/svn/repos/myrepos -m "test file"
Adding test1/file2.cfg
Adding test1/file1.cfg
Committed revision 1.

3. Check out

#mkdir test2
#svn co http://localhost/repos/myrepos
A myRepos/file2.cfg
A myRepos/file1.cfg
Checked out revision 1.

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