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== OrganicDesign SVN ==
 
Eventually we'd like to have an proper web-browsable SVN repository like WikiMedia. We don't need SVN for content backup as we're now using Unison for that (see the [[Set up a distributed file system‎]] project).
 
 
=== Domain ===
 
The domain ''svn.organicdesign.co.nz'' is pointing at the server (see [[organicdesign.vhost]] for details), and the following repositories and their associated directory structures have been set up. Currently only the [http://svn.organicdesign.co.nz/peerd peerd] repository has had the data imported from its associated directory structure since there is currently no security in place.
 
<pre>
 
/var/svn/peerd
 
/var/svn/peerix
 
/var/svn/www
 
/var/peerd
 
/var/peerix
 
/var/www
 
</pre>
 
The directory structures that are in day-to-day use such as ''/var/www'' will then be synchronised regularly on a cron job with the repositories in the same way as any of the users local versions.
 
 
=== Security ===
 
I've set up SSL using a self-signed certificate for ''www.organicdesign.co.nz'' which allows connection to all the wikia via either HTTP or HTTPS but will give a warning message on first connection (or maybe on every connection depending on the browser). I haven't enabled SSL for the svn setup currently as I'm not sure how to do this yet.
 
 
=== Problems ===
 
When attempting to import the ''/var/www'' structure into the ''/var/svn/www'' repository it bailed after coming across a filename containing special characters with the following fatal error:
 
<pre>
 
svn: Can't convert string from native encoding to 'UTF-8':
 
svn: A?\195?\164o?\195?\188.gif
 
</pre>
 
 
=== To set up later ===
 
*Exclusions: we don't need cache data such as ''files/thumb'' directories being included in synchronisation
 
 
=== Inclusion of local user data in our distributed backups ===
 
This idea could also tie in with the new [[Extension:SimpleUploads]] idea of users being able to maintain their own on-line file structure. Since these files would be part of the svn repository they'd get included in the local updates and effectively we'd all have automatic distributed backup of our files. These files could include our important local files too like emails etc simply by ensuring that they're stored in our own user area of our local repository. We could then just run crons to keep them updated in both directions. Edit conflicts would not be a concern with any of this since we're talking about our own user-files which are not accessed by anyone else.
 
 
== MediaWiki SVN ==
 
 
MediaWiki's SVN uses SSH public key so you don't need a password, so you'll need to supply your ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub file to the person setting up your [[MW:Commit access|commit access]] (if that files doesn't exist, run ssh-keygen from non-root shell using blank passwd when prompted, see [http://www.debian.org/devel/passwordlessssh this link] for details). Also, you need to set up your [[MW:Subversion/auto-props|auto-props]]. Note also that the commit's are automatically shown on the ''#mediawiki'' IRC channel (see [http://freenode.net/faq.shtml freenode FAQ] re registering a nickname etc) so it's good to have that open when working on the MediaWiki code.
 
MediaWiki's SVN uses SSH public key so you don't need a password, so you'll need to supply your ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub file to the person setting up your [[MW:Commit access|commit access]] (if that files doesn't exist, run ssh-keygen from non-root shell using blank passwd when prompted, see [http://www.debian.org/devel/passwordlessssh this link] for details). Also, you need to set up your [[MW:Subversion/auto-props|auto-props]]. Note also that the commit's are automatically shown on the ''#mediawiki'' IRC channel (see [http://freenode.net/faq.shtml freenode FAQ] re registering a nickname etc) so it's good to have that open when working on the MediaWiki code.
  
See [[MW:Subversion]] for details about using MediaWikis SVN. The following example downloads the current code-base:
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== The WikiMedia repository ==
{{code|
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See [[MW:Subversion]] for details about using MediaWikis SVN. Here's some examples showing retrieval of the current version of the code-base, the current version of an extension, and a version of an extension for MediaWiki 1.16 respectively.
<bash>
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<source lang="bash">
 
svn co http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/trunk/phase3
 
svn co http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/trunk/phase3
</bash>}}
 
 
The ease of directory structure construction suggests that extensions maintained in an svn do not require any symbolic link manipulation as suggested in the article [[OD/Wikia]], otherwise a conflict will arise when users try to checkout content that is maintained in a versioned directory structure referenced by symbolic links.
 
  
=== See also ===
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svn co http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/trunk/extensions/TreeAndMenu
*[[MediaWiki SVN Statistics]]
 
*[http://zaphod.leonweber.de/codeswarms/mediawiki.h264.1024x786.avi CodeSwarm video of MW repository] (38M)
 
  
=== MediaWiki SVN branches OrganicDesign is involved with ===
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svn co http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/branches/REL1_16/extensions/TreeAndMenu
*[http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/trunk/phase3/config/index.php?revision=34512&view=markup config/index.php] - The MediaWiki installer script
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</source>
*[http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/trunk/phase3/includes/Database.php?view=markup Database.php] - General database class
 
*[http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/trunk/phase3/includes/DatabaseSqlite.php?view=markup DatabaseSqlite.php] - SQLite database layer
 
*[http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/trunk/phase3/includes/DatabaseMssql.php?view=markup DatabaseMssql.php] - Microsoft SQL Server database layer
 
  
*[http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/trunk/phase3/includes/AutoLoader.php?view=markup AutoLoader.php] - List of potentially loaded classes
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== Usage ==
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The most important command to know is how to get help;
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<source>
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svn help
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svn help checkout # Help on check(ing)out project to CLIENT copy
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svn help commmit  # Help on commit(ting) changes to SERVER
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</source>
  
*[http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/trunk/phase3/maintenance/mssql/ maintenance/mssql] - MSSQL table definitions and docs
 
*[http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/trunk/phase3/maintenance/sqlite/ maintenance/sqlite] - SQLite table definitions and docs
 
*[[:Category:Extensions in the MediaWiki SVN repository]]
 
  
== Command Overview ==
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To obtain a log of the changes made in a svn project;
The typical work cycle looks like this:
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<source>
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svn log -v http://[PATH TO SERVER SVN PROJECT]
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</source>
  
;Update your working copy
 
  
svn update
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Or to get changes between a certain date range in a local repo;
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<source>
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svn log -r {2012-02-10}:{2012-02-15}
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</source>
  
;Make changes
 
  
svn add
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To create a new repository on the server ready for importing a directory of files;  
svn delete
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<source>
svn copy
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cd /tmp
svn move
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mkdir SERVER
 
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svnadmin create /tmp/SERVER/newrepos
;Examine your changes
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</source>
 
 
svn status
 
svn diff
 
 
 
;Possibly undo some changes
 
 
 
svn revert
 
 
 
;Resolve Conflicts (Merge Others' Changes)
 
  
svn update
 
svn resolved
 
 
;Commit your changes
 
svn commit
 
 
== Usage ==
 
The most important command to know is how to get help;
 
svn help
 
svn help checkout # Help on check(ing)out project to CLIENT copy
 
svn help commmit  # Help on commit(ting) changes to SERVER
 
 
To obtain a log of the changes made in a svn project;
 
svn log -v http://[PATH TO SERVER SVN PROJECT]
 
 
To create a new repository on the server ready for importing a directory of files;
 
cd /tmp
 
mkdir SERVER
 
svnadmin create /tmp/SERVER/newrepos
 
  
 
This creates a concise database directory for the new repository on the SERVER in the directory called /tmp/SERVER;
 
This creates a concise database directory for the new repository on the SERVER in the directory called /tmp/SERVER;
<pre>
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<source>
 
ls -l /tmp/SERVER/newrepos
 
ls -l /tmp/SERVER/newrepos
 
total 16
 
total 16
Line 114: Line 51:
 
drwxr-xr-x  11 User  wheel  374 Apr  3 13:58 hooks
 
drwxr-xr-x  11 User  wheel  374 Apr  3 13:58 hooks
 
drwxr-xr-x    4 User  wheel  136 Apr  3 13:58 locks
 
drwxr-xr-x    4 User  wheel  136 Apr  3 13:58 locks
</pre>
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</source>
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Create an example directory for upload;
 
Create an example directory for upload;
cd /tmp
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<source>
mkdir MYTREE
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cd /tmp
echo '#!/usr/bin/perl -w\nprint "hello world";' > /tmp/MYTREE/helloWorld.pl
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mkdir MYTREE
svn import /tmp/MYTREE file:///tmp/SERVER/newrepos/some/project
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echo '#!/usr/bin/perl -w\nprint "hello world";' > /tmp/MYTREE/helloWorld.pl
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svn import /tmp/MYTREE file:///tmp/SERVER/newrepos/some/project
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</source>
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Listing the contents in the repository directory path;
 
Listing the contents in the repository directory path;
svn list file:///tmp/SERVER/newrepos/some/project
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<source>
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svn list file:///tmp/SERVER/newrepos/some/project
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</source>
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To make a local copy you need to use the checkout command. This creates a new directory (default called newrepos) which is a local copy of newrepos.
 
To make a local copy you need to use the checkout command. This creates a new directory (default called newrepos) which is a local copy of newrepos.
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<source>
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mkdir CLIENT
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cd CLIENT
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svn co file:///tmp/SERVER/newrepos/some/project/  # fetches project/test.pl
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svn co file:///tmp/SERVER/newrepos/some/          # fetches some/project/test.pl
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rm -rf /tmp/CLIENT 
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svn co file:///tmp/SERVER/newrepos/some/project/ /tmp/CLIENT # Creates CLIENT dir
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</source>
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''Note: The directory the svn command is run in determines where the local checkout directories and files will end up.''
  
mkdir CLIENT
 
cd CLIENT
 
svn co file:///tmp/SERVER/newrepos/some/project/  # fetches project/test.pl
 
svn co file:///tmp/SERVER/newrepos/some/          # fetches some/project/test.pl
 
rm -rf /tmp/CLIENT 
 
svn co file:///tmp/SERVER/newrepos/some/project/ /tmp/CLIENT # Creates CLIENT dir
 
 
''Note: The directory the svn command is run in determines where the local checkout directories and files will end up.''
 
  
 
Now that you have created a local copy all work should be conducted within it. There is a hidden directory called ''.svn'' which contains all the information required for the svn framework;
 
Now that you have created a local copy all work should be conducted within it. There is a hidden directory called ''.svn'' which contains all the information required for the svn framework;
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<source>
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cd /tmp/CLIENT # Work in the local copy of svn
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</source>
  
cd /tmp/CLIENT # Work in the local copy of svn
 
  
 
To update a file on your CLIENT directory;
 
To update a file on your CLIENT directory;
cd /tmp/CLIENT
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<source>
svn update # "." is updated  
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cd /tmp/CLIENT
cd /tmp
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svn update # "." is updated  
svn update /tmp/CLIENT # Specifying path
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cd /tmp
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svn update /tmp/CLIENT # Specifying path
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</source>
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To add a new file to the local svn copy, first make a new file within the directory structure;
 
To add a new file to the local svn copy, first make a new file within the directory structure;
cd /tmp/CLIENT
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<source>
echo '#!/usr/bin/perl -w\nprint qq(hello world!);' > /tmp/CLIENT/helloWorld2.pl
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cd /tmp/CLIENT
svn add helloWorld2.pl
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echo '#!/usr/bin/perl -w\nprint qq(hello world!);' > /tmp/CLIENT/helloWorld2.pl
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svn add helloWorld2.pl
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</source>
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The ''status'' command will identify differences between the CLIENT copy and the SERVER copy of the repoistory;
 
The ''status'' command will identify differences between the CLIENT copy and the SERVER copy of the repoistory;
svn status /tmp/CLIENT
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<source>
 +
svn status /tmp/CLIENT
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</source>
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The following list provides the details of ''svn status'' output;
 
The following list provides the details of ''svn status'' output;
<pre>
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<source>
L   abc.c              # svn has a lock in its .svn directory for abc.c
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L     abc.c              # svn has a lock in its .svn directory for abc.c
 
M      bar.c              # the content in bar.c has local modifications
 
M      bar.c              # the content in bar.c has local modifications
M     baz.c              # baz.c has property but no content modifications
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M     baz.c              # baz.c has property but no content modifications
 
X      3rd_party          # this dir is part of an externals definition
 
X      3rd_party          # this dir is part of an externals definition
 
?      foo.o              # svn doesn't manage foo.o
 
?      foo.o              # svn doesn't manage foo.o
Line 168: Line 126:
 
C      stuff/loot/lump.c  # this file has conflicts from an update
 
C      stuff/loot/lump.c  # this file has conflicts from an update
 
R      xyz.c              # this file is scheduled for replacement
 
R      xyz.c              # this file is scheduled for replacement
    S stuff/squawk        # this file or dir has been switched to a branch
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S     stuff/squawk        # this file or dir has been switched to a branch
</pre>
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</source>
  
To upload the CLIENT copy changes to the SERVER copy use the ''commit'' command;
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=== Problems ===
svn commit /tmp/CLIENT
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When attempting to import the ''/var/www'' structure into the ''/var/svn/www'' repository it bailed after coming across a filename containing special characters with the following fatal error:
 
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<source>
Cleaning up directories in ''/tmp'';
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svn: Can't convert string from native encoding to 'UTF-8':
rm -rf /tmp/SERVER /tmp/CLIENT /tmp/MYTREE
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svn: A?\195?\164o?\195?\188.gif
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</source>
  
 
== SVN GUI's ==
 
== SVN GUI's ==
Linux: [http://www.alwins-world.de/wiki/programs/kdesvn/ kdesvn] (and many others)
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*[http://websvn.tigris.org/ WebSVN]
Windows: [http://tortoisesvn.net/downloads tortoisesvn]
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*Linux: [http://www.alwins-world.de/wiki/programs/kdesvn/ kdesvn] ''- and many others
Macos: [http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/development_tools/svnx.html svnx]
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*Windows: [http://tortoisesvn.net/downloads tortoisesvn]
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*Macos: [http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/development_tools/svnx.html svnx]
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
*[http://www.howtoforge.com/debian_subversion_websvn Setting up websvn on Debian/Apache]
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*[[Configure SVN]] ''- our procedure for setting up SVN and WebSVN on our servers''
*[http://jeremyknope.com/articles/2006/05/30/howto-basic-subversion-setup-and-usage Jeremy Knope's tutorial]
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*[[MediaWiki SVN Statistics]]
*[http://abbeyworkshop.com/howto/misc/svn01/ Svn Cheatsheet]
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*[http://www.abbeyworkshop.com/howto/misc/svn01/ Subversion cheatsheet]
*[http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/08/11/FreeBSD_Basics.html?page=1 Secure subversion]
 
*[http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/svn.html cvs to svn Experiences]
 
*[http://www.abbeyworkshop.com/howto/misc/svn01/ subversion cheatsheet]
 
*[http://centerstageproject.com/wiki/index.php/SVN_Tutorial Centrestage tutorial]
 
*[http://wiki.fhcrc.org/bioc/SvnHowTo BioConductor SVN tutorial]
 
 
*[http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/index.html Subversion book]
 
*[http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/index.html Subversion book]
**[http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.intro.html Subversion Quick-Start Guide]
 
 
*[http://vis.cs.ucdavis.edu/~ogawa/codeswarm CodeSwarm] ''- renders video's of subversion repository activity''
 
*[http://vis.cs.ucdavis.edu/~ogawa/codeswarm CodeSwarm] ''- renders video's of subversion repository activity''
[[Category:Projects]][[Category:Peerix]][[Category:OD2]]
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*[http://home.introweb.nl/d/dodger/svnauthor.html Changing the username of a revision]
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[[Category:Subversion]]

Revision as of 16:54, 22 May 2015

MediaWiki's SVN uses SSH public key so you don't need a password, so you'll need to supply your ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub file to the person setting up your commit access (if that files doesn't exist, run ssh-keygen from non-root shell using blank passwd when prompted, see this link for details). Also, you need to set up your auto-props. Note also that the commit's are automatically shown on the #mediawiki IRC channel (see freenode FAQ re registering a nickname etc) so it's good to have that open when working on the MediaWiki code.

The WikiMedia repository

See MW:Subversion for details about using MediaWikis SVN. Here's some examples showing retrieval of the current version of the code-base, the current version of an extension, and a version of an extension for MediaWiki 1.16 respectively.

svn co http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/trunk/phase3

svn co http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/trunk/extensions/TreeAndMenu

svn co http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/branches/REL1_16/extensions/TreeAndMenu

Usage

The most important command to know is how to get help;

svn help
svn help checkout # Help on check(ing)out project to CLIENT copy
svn help commmit  # Help on commit(ting) changes to SERVER


To obtain a log of the changes made in a svn project;

svn log -v http://[PATH TO SERVER SVN PROJECT]


Or to get changes between a certain date range in a local repo;

svn log -r {2012-02-10}:{2012-02-15}


To create a new repository on the server ready for importing a directory of files;

cd /tmp
mkdir SERVER
svnadmin create /tmp/SERVER/newrepos


This creates a concise database directory for the new repository on the SERVER in the directory called /tmp/SERVER;

ls -l /tmp/SERVER/newrepos
total 16
-rw-r--r--    1 User  wheel  379 Apr  3 13:58 README.txt
drwxr-xr-x    4 User  wheel  136 Apr  3 13:58 conf
drwxr-xr-x    2 User  wheel   68 Apr  3 13:58 dav
drwxr-xr-x   10 User  wheel  340 Apr  3 13:58 db
-r--r--r--    1 User  wheel    2 Apr  3 13:58 format
drwxr-xr-x   11 User  wheel  374 Apr  3 13:58 hooks
drwxr-xr-x    4 User  wheel  136 Apr  3 13:58 locks


Create an example directory for upload;

cd /tmp
mkdir MYTREE
echo '#!/usr/bin/perl -w\nprint "hello world";' > /tmp/MYTREE/helloWorld.pl
svn import /tmp/MYTREE file:///tmp/SERVER/newrepos/some/project


Listing the contents in the repository directory path;

svn list file:///tmp/SERVER/newrepos/some/project


To make a local copy you need to use the checkout command. This creates a new directory (default called newrepos) which is a local copy of newrepos.

mkdir CLIENT
cd CLIENT
svn co file:///tmp/SERVER/newrepos/some/project/  # fetches project/test.pl
svn co file:///tmp/SERVER/newrepos/some/          # fetches some/project/test.pl
rm -rf /tmp/CLIENT  
svn co file:///tmp/SERVER/newrepos/some/project/ /tmp/CLIENT # Creates CLIENT dir

Note: The directory the svn command is run in determines where the local checkout directories and files will end up.


Now that you have created a local copy all work should be conducted within it. There is a hidden directory called .svn which contains all the information required for the svn framework;

cd /tmp/CLIENT # Work in the local copy of svn


To update a file on your CLIENT directory;

cd /tmp/CLIENT
svn update # "." is updated 
cd /tmp
svn update /tmp/CLIENT # Specifying path


To add a new file to the local svn copy, first make a new file within the directory structure;

cd /tmp/CLIENT
echo '#!/usr/bin/perl -w\nprint qq(hello world!);' > /tmp/CLIENT/helloWorld2.pl
svn add helloWorld2.pl


The status command will identify differences between the CLIENT copy and the SERVER copy of the repoistory;

svn status /tmp/CLIENT


The following list provides the details of svn status output;

L      abc.c               # svn has a lock in its .svn directory for abc.c
M      bar.c               # the content in bar.c has local modifications
M      baz.c               # baz.c has property but no content modifications
X      3rd_party           # this dir is part of an externals definition
?      foo.o               # svn doesn't manage foo.o
!      some_dir            # svn manages this, but it's either missing or incomplete
~      qux                 # versioned as file/dir/link, but type has changed
I      .screenrc           # svn doesn't manage this, and is configured to ignore it
A  +   moved_dir           # added with history of where it came from
M  +   moved_dir/README    # added with history and has local modifications
D      stuff/fish.c        # this file is scheduled for deletion
A      stuff/loot/bloo.h   # this file is scheduled for addition
C      stuff/loot/lump.c   # this file has conflicts from an update
R      xyz.c               # this file is scheduled for replacement
S      stuff/squawk        # this file or dir has been switched to a branch

Problems

When attempting to import the /var/www structure into the /var/svn/www repository it bailed after coming across a filename containing special characters with the following fatal error:

svn: Can't convert string from native encoding to 'UTF-8':
svn: A?\195?\164o?\195?\188.gif

SVN GUI's

See also