how to connect to svnserve? what's the URL?

["Preston, Brian" <Br...@firstdatabank.com>]

I've setup svn on my local machine just to demo it to my new project
team.  I've been using TortoiseSVN with file:/// to connect to this
local repository and it was working fine. Now I need to install it to a
local server machine for regular usage by the team.  It appears that
I've got the repository set up on the server, which is a Windows box.
I've decided to use svnserve and it looks like I have ths svnserve set
up as a Windows service.  Now I'm trying to connect to it via
TortoiseSVN Repository browser from my local machine and it looks like
it's not connecting.  I thought I was supposed to use 'svn://server' for
the URL but there's nothing there.
 
PS - my apologies in advance for the email disclaimer.  I've only been
been at this company for 3 weeks and don't have the rapport yet with the
IT group to ask them to remove it.  They've also blocked gmail, which I
would've preferred to use 
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Re: how to connect to svnserve? what's the URL?

[ma...@arcor.de]

The URL consists of 3 parts:
1. svn://
2. server/
3. path/to/repository

Example:
1. Repository is at D:\Repositories\SVN\Demo
2. Start Subversion via "svnserver.exe --daemon --root=D:\Repositories\SVN"
3. Access the demo repository via svn://localhost/Demo

Tip:
Free online SVN book at http://svnbook.red-bean.com/

Regards
Maddes

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Von:     Andy Levy <an...@gmail.com>
An:      "Preston, Brian" <Br...@firstdatabank.com>
Datum:   20.08.2007 15:11
Betreff: Re: how to connect to svnserve? what's the URL?

> On 8/20/07, Preston, Brian <Br...@firstdatabank.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I've setup svn on my local machine just to demo it to my new project
> team.
> > I've been using TortoiseSVN with file:/// to connect to this local
> > repository and it was working fine. Now I need to install it to a local
> > server machine for regular usage by the team.  It appears that I've got
> the
> > repository set up on the server, which is a Windows box.  I've decided to
> > use svnserve and it looks like I have ths svnserve set up as a Windows
> > service.  Now I'm trying to connect to it via TortoiseSVN Repository
> browser
> > from my local machine and it looks like it's not connecting.  I thought I
> > was supposed to use 'svn://server' for the URL but there's nothing there.
> 
> When you configured the service, did you give it the --root switch to
> tell it where the repository is located?
> 
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Re: how to connect to svnserve? what's the URL?

[Andy Levy <an...@gmail.com>]

On 8/20/07, Preston, Brian <Br...@firstdatabank.com> wrote:
>
>
> I've setup svn on my local machine just to demo it to my new project team.
> I've been using TortoiseSVN with file:/// to connect to this local
> repository and it was working fine. Now I need to install it to a local
> server machine for regular usage by the team.  It appears that I've got the
> repository set up on the server, which is a Windows box.  I've decided to
> use svnserve and it looks like I have ths svnserve set up as a Windows
> service.  Now I'm trying to connect to it via TortoiseSVN Repository browser
> from my local machine and it looks like it's not connecting.  I thought I
> was supposed to use 'svn://server' for the URL but there's nothing there.

When you configured the service, did you give it the --root switch to
tell it where the repository is located?

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RE: how to connect to svnserve? what's the URL?

[Adrian Marsh <Ad...@ubiquisys.com>]

Brian,

 

It depends on what mechanism you actually want to setup. Nice thing about
SVN is its fairly flexible.

 

Setting svnserve up as a daemon itself provides little "protection",
authentication or encryption. Don't make the mistake I did of getting one
system up and running without assessing the actual needs..

 

Ask yourself this:

 

-          Will sensitive documents be stored here?  (Any legal requirements
to encrypt/protect - English Data Protection Act can come into play here).

-          Is the network secured (LAN & WAN) ? Does it need to be? Are you
concerned about anyone snooping the network? If it isn't, then do you need
to ensure the data transfer is protected?

-          Will it be accessed outside of the company (shared with partners
etc)

 

SVN can work with SSH, Apache (HTTP + HTTPS).  All of which have pros/cons..
See the book for details on each.

 

Adrian Marsh