Local Repo

[David Lowe <do...@earthlink.net>]

Greetings

	I'm trying to set up a local repository for my schoolwork.  The book doesn't seem to have many examples with this type of setup, so i seem to be stumbling a bit.  First off, this part seemed to go okeh:

$ sudo svnadmin create /usr/local/svn/repos

	But then this bit doesn't:

$ sudo svn import -m "initial import" cashier.cpp file:////usr/local/svn/repos
Password:
svn: E150002: Path 'file:///usr/local/svn/repos' already exists

	How should i be going about this?

sent from Mountain Lion

Re: Local Repo

[David Lowe <do...@earthlink.net>]

On 2014 Sep 25, at 8:47 AM, jblist@icloud.com wrote:

> Your command was trying to import 'cashier.cpp' into the repository as the name 'repos'.

	Thank you for your thorough explanation.

sent from Mountain Lion

Re: Local Repo

[jb...@icloud.com]

Hi David,

I just noticed that you have four slashes on the beginning of your URL. Only three are needed for file-local URLs. FYI, file-local URLs look like this:

	file://localhost/path/to/file

Since "localhost" is assumed if missing, you can shorten it to this:

	file:///path/to/file

If you put "//" a the beginning of the file-path, you are specifying an absolute path rather than a relative path. But, since file URLs generally start from the root directory anyway you end up with the same object.

	file://localhost//path/to/file

degenerates to

	file:///path/to/file


-Joseph


On Sep 25, 2014, at 8:47 AM, jblist@icloud.com wrote:

> First, I wouldn't run svn as root like you are with 'sudo'. Instead, change the ownership of your repo so that you have write access.
> 
> 
> Your command was trying to import 'cashier.cpp' into the repository as the name 'repos'. You need to do this instead:
> 
>   svn import -m "initial import" cashier.cpp file:////usr/local/svn/repos/cashier.cpp
> 
> 
> Import is usually used to bring a whole tree of files into a repository in one shot. Import does not create a working copy, so you will need to subsequently check out to begin using svn to track changes to your file.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Sep 25, 2014, at 8:41 AM, David Lowe <do...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
>> Greetings
>> 
>> 	I'm trying to set up a local repository for my schoolwork.  The book doesn't seem to have many examples with this type of setup, so i seem to be stumbling a bit.  First off, this part seemed to go okeh:
>> 
>> $ sudo svnadmin create /usr/local/svn/repos
>> 
>> 	But then this bit doesn't:
>> 
>> $ sudo svn import -m "initial import" cashier.cpp file:////usr/local/svn/repos
>> Password:
>> svn: E150002: Path 'file:///usr/local/svn/repos' already exists
>> 
>> 	How should i be going about this?
>> 
>> sent from Mountain Lion
>> 
> 

Re: Local Repo

[jb...@icloud.com]

First, I wouldn't run svn as root like you are with 'sudo'. Instead, change the ownership of your repo so that you have write access.


Your command was trying to import 'cashier.cpp' into the repository as the name 'repos'. You need to do this instead:

   svn import -m "initial import" cashier.cpp file:////usr/local/svn/repos/cashier.cpp


Import is usually used to bring a whole tree of files into a repository in one shot. Import does not create a working copy, so you will need to subsequently check out to begin using svn to track changes to your file.




On Sep 25, 2014, at 8:41 AM, David Lowe <do...@earthlink.net> wrote:

> Greetings
> 
> 	I'm trying to set up a local repository for my schoolwork.  The book doesn't seem to have many examples with this type of setup, so i seem to be stumbling a bit.  First off, this part seemed to go okeh:
> 
> $ sudo svnadmin create /usr/local/svn/repos
> 
> 	But then this bit doesn't:
> 
> $ sudo svn import -m "initial import" cashier.cpp file:////usr/local/svn/repos
> Password:
> svn: E150002: Path 'file:///usr/local/svn/repos' already exists
> 
> 	How should i be going about this?
> 
> sent from Mountain Lion
>