Relationship between SVN and WebDAV

[Jeremy Aston <je...@yahoo.co.uk>]

Hi,

I have been trying out SVN as an alternative to CVS
and been very impressed.  I have been using WebDAV
under Apache to remotely access my repository and it
has worked like a dream.  I am now thinking of some
further work that needs doing for a customer of mine
and thinking about how best to layer (if indeed I need
to) WebDAV and SVN.

Here is a simple scenario - I have an XML file which I
want to be edited by both myself and my customer.  I
host the file on a WebDAV enabled server so that my
customer can use JEdit with it's WebDAV plugin to
modify the file.  WebDAV gives me basic versioning.

I now want the file to be properly versioned ( in the
context of a broader use case and true CVS/SVN type
capabilities) - so I put place it in an SVN
repository.

Do I now need to get my client to use an SVN client to
get the file and commit it back or can I somehow
continue to allow them to use a WebDAV client?

The ONE advantage of being able to use WebDAV (as far
as my relativly limited experience goes) is that I can
exclusively lock any given file to implement a fairly
basic workflow process - e.g. the file is currently
being worked on by my customer so none of my team
should make any changes until the file comes back and
the lock is removed.  I don't beleive I can lock a
specific file in an SVN repositiory but someone may
correct me on this.

What is the best strategy for this collaborative
production scenario?

Best regards

Jeremy Aston


	
	
		
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Re: Relationship between SVN and WebDAV

[Jeremy Aston <je...@yahoo.co.uk>]

Doh!

I've just gone back to the SVN documenation and seen a
whole chunk of appendicies that I originally missed on
this topic.

I'll read through it and see if it answers my
question.

Rgds

Jeremy 

 --- Jeremy Aston <je...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >
Hi,
> 
> I have been trying out SVN as an alternative to CVS
> and been very impressed.  I have been using WebDAV
> under Apache to remotely access my repository and it
> has worked like a dream.  I am now thinking of some
> further work that needs doing for a customer of mine
> and thinking about how best to layer (if indeed I
> need
> to) WebDAV and SVN.
> 
> Here is a simple scenario - I have an XML file which
> I
> want to be edited by both myself and my customer.  I
> host the file on a WebDAV enabled server so that my
> customer can use JEdit with it's WebDAV plugin to
> modify the file.  WebDAV gives me basic versioning.
> 
> I now want the file to be properly versioned ( in
> the
> context of a broader use case and true CVS/SVN type
> capabilities) - so I put place it in an SVN
> repository.
> 
> Do I now need to get my client to use an SVN client
> to
> get the file and commit it back or can I somehow
> continue to allow them to use a WebDAV client?
> 
> The ONE advantage of being able to use WebDAV (as
> far
> as my relativly limited experience goes) is that I
> can
> exclusively lock any given file to implement a
> fairly
> basic workflow process - e.g. the file is currently
> being worked on by my customer so none of my team
> should make any changes until the file comes back
> and
> the lock is removed.  I don't beleive I can lock a
> specific file in an SVN repositiory but someone may
> correct me on this.
> 
> What is the best strategy for this collaborative
> production scenario?
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Jeremy Aston
> 
> 
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