Using svn client against vanilla DAV directory

[Bryant Eastham <be...@slc.mew.com>]

Apologies if this is a FAQ, but I read over the book and couldn't see an
answer.

We are using Subversion with great success. I am attempting to unify our
access to source files (already done) and downloads (currently done with
wget), because we want to further protect our download area and I prefer
the svn login cache to the .wgetrc method. Of course our downloads area
is full of unversioned binary ZIP files.

Is it possible to use the svn client against a regular DAV directory? I
know the easy answer is no, because I set it up and it fails (VCC
property). My question is whether this is an unsolveable problem, or if
a few configuration tweaks makes the whole thing work. Of course I only
want to "co" or "export" these binary files.

If it isn't possible then I can either stick with wget or use DAV with
another client, but having a single client tool would be nice.

Thanks,
Bryant Eastham
Chief Architect
Matsushita Electric Works R&D Laboratory
Salt Lake City Lab
4525 South Wasatch Blvd., Suite 100, Salt Lake City, Utah 84124
Phone : 801.993.7124 Email: beastham@slc.mew.com
Fax: 801.993.7260 Web: http://slc.mew.com <http://slc.mew.com/> 

Re: Using svn client against vanilla DAV directory

[Ben Collins-Sussman <su...@collab.net>]

On Jul 21, 2005, at 7:00 PM, Bryant Eastham wrote:

> Apologies if this is a FAQ, but I read over the book and couldn't  
> see an answer.
>
> We are using Subversion with great success. I am attempting to  
> unify our access to source files (already done) and downloads  
> (currently done with wget), because we want to further protect our  
> download area and I prefer the svn login cache to the .wgetrc  
> method. Of course our downloads area is full of unversioned binary  
> ZIP files.
>
> Is it possible to use the svn client against a regular DAV  
> directory? I know the easy answer is no, because I set it up and it  
> fails (VCC property). My question is whether this is an unsolveable  
> problem, or if a few configuration tweaks makes the whole thing  
> work. Of course I only want to "co" or "export" these binary files.
>
> If it isn't possible then I can either stick with wget or use DAV  
> with another client, but having a single client tool would be nice.

Subversion is a deltaV client, which means it expects the server to  
understand versioning commands.  A generic DAV server has no  
versioning features.  So no, it won't work.

Here's some more background, so you can better understand the larger  
picture:

http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.webdav.svn-and-deltav.html


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