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Can I view file details when using IE/firefox to browse a SVN repos
through Apache server
I'm using Subversion 1.6.2 on Windows XP, and I've successfully set up
the Apache server to serve my SVN repositories according to instructions
provided by the red bean book Chapter 6. Server Configuration -> httpd,
the Apache HTTP Server <svn.serverconfig.httpd.html>. So I think it is
good to take this facility as a Web download server.
But I still have a question. When I use IE/firefox to browse a directory
node inside a repository, I only see file names listed. Can I see file
size and file modification time as well? -- so that it is more friendly
to the web visitor.
Thank you in advance.
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RE: Can I view file details when using IE/firefox to browse a SVN
repos through Apache server
Posted by "Anderson, Aaron" <An...@gsicommerce.com>.
You might want to set up a cron job that automatically exports or checks out/updates a working copy of your repository - at that point, you can map into it with Apache or IIS or whatever, turn on directory browsing, and your clients are just looking at a file system via HTTP. Then you don't have to worry about getting SVN to cooperate with formatting considerations.
- Aaron Anderson, Senior Manager
Shared Services - Dev Tier Support / Source Code Management
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From: "Chen (陈) Jun (军)" [mailto:chjfth@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 9:49 PM
To: users@subversion.tigris.org
Subject: Re: Can I view file details when using IE/firefox to browse a SVN repos through Apache server
David Weintraub wrote:
> I just checked with FireFox and it also doesn't display file sizes, so
> it's not a IE issue.
>
> If you really want to be able to browse the repository with a web
> browser, you can look at viewvc which comes with Subversion
> <http://www.viewvc.org>. It's pretty simple to setup, but it must run
> on the same system as your Subversion repository and it runs as a
> python script, so it has to be a cgi-bin script.
>
> I prefer Sventon which is a bit more slick, but even better, it can
> run on a system other than your Subversion repository server.
> <http://www.sventon.org/>. Sventon runs as a Tomcat service, and not
> as a cgi-bin script.
>
> You may want to try Sventon first since you can set it up on your own
> workstation and see how it works.
>
Thank you for replying. But sorry to say you missed my real meaning. I
hope the web clients don't have to install extra client software, and
using a standard web browser(IE/Firefox/Opera etc) is enough to easily
browse the current SVN repos and download files within, at the same time
seeing file size and time.
Using viewvc may be a choice, no extra client software needed. I know
sourceforge.net provide viewvc facility. But I'm afraid viewvc exhibits
too much information to its web client(like revision, author) which is
suitable for a software developer, not for an average user taking it as
a download service. An average user will probably be confused by the
default viewvc page layout and get frustrated with the download service.
So, I'm just wondering, when a web client issues an HTTP GET request for
a URL inside an svn repos, why doesn't the svn module respond with file
size and file time? If it doesn't by default, can we configure it to
present file size and file time? ******This kind of configuration should
better be configurable at server side, right?****** I think, this should
be configurable, because the response for HTTP GET request is mainly for
viewing by a human, not by a program analyzer; svn client programs, like
TortoiseSVN, use HTTP PROPFIND to get svn repos content.
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Re: Can I view file details when using IE/firefox to browse a SVN
repos through Apache server
Posted by "Chen (陈) Jun (军)" <ch...@gmail.com>.
David Weintraub wrote:
> I just checked with FireFox and it also doesn't display file sizes, so
> it's not a IE issue.
>
> If you really want to be able to browse the repository with a web
> browser, you can look at viewvc which comes with Subversion
> <http://www.viewvc.org>. It's pretty simple to setup, but it must run
> on the same system as your Subversion repository and it runs as a
> python script, so it has to be a cgi-bin script.
>
> I prefer Sventon which is a bit more slick, but even better, it can
> run on a system other than your Subversion repository server.
> <http://www.sventon.org/>. Sventon runs as a Tomcat service, and not
> as a cgi-bin script.
>
> You may want to try Sventon first since you can set it up on your own
> workstation and see how it works.
>
Thank you for replying. But sorry to say you missed my real meaning. I
hope the web clients don't have to install extra client software, and
using a standard web browser(IE/Firefox/Opera etc) is enough to easily
browse the current SVN repos and download files within, at the same time
seeing file size and time.
Using viewvc may be a choice, no extra client software needed. I know
sourceforge.net provide viewvc facility. But I'm afraid viewvc exhibits
too much information to its web client(like revision, author) which is
suitable for a software developer, not for an average user taking it as
a download service. An average user will probably be confused by the
default viewvc page layout and get frustrated with the download service.
So, I'm just wondering, when a web client issues an HTTP GET request for
a URL inside an svn repos, why doesn't the svn module respond with file
size and file time? If it doesn't by default, can we configure it to
present file size and file time? ******This kind of configuration should
better be configurable at server side, right?****** I think, this should
be configurable, because the response for HTTP GET request is mainly for
viewing by a human, not by a program analyzer; svn client programs, like
TortoiseSVN, use HTTP PROPFIND to get svn repos content.
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Re: Can I view file details when using IE/firefox to browse a SVN
repos through Apache server
Posted by David Weintraub <qa...@gmail.com>.
I just checked with FireFox and it also doesn't display file sizes, so it's
not a IE issue.
If you really want to be able to browse the repository with a web browser,
you can look at viewvc which comes with Subversion <http://www.viewvc.org>.
It's pretty simple to setup, but it must run on the same system as your
Subversion repository and it runs as a python script, so it has to be a
cgi-bin script.
I prefer Sventon which is a bit more slick, but even better, it can run on a
system other than your Subversion repository server. <
http://www.sventon.org/>. Sventon runs as a Tomcat service, and not as a
cgi-bin script.
You may want to try Sventon first since you can set it up on your own
workstation and see how it works.
On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 2:26 AM, "Chen (陈) Jun (军)" <ch...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm using Subversion 1.6.2 on Windows XP, and I've successfully set up
> the Apache server to serve my SVN repositories according to instructions
> provided by the red bean book Chapter 6. Server Configuration -> httpd,
> the Apache HTTP Server <svn.serverconfig.httpd.html>. So I think it is
> good to take this facility as a Web download server.
>
> But I still have a question. When I use IE/firefox to browse a directory
> node inside a repository, I only see file names listed. Can I see file
> size and file modification time as well? -- so that it is more friendly
> to the web visitor.
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
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Re: Can I view file details when using IE/firefox to browse a SVN
repos through Apache server
Posted by Andrey Repin <an...@freemail.ru>.
Greetings, "Chen Jun(??)"!
>>> For the answers from the mailing list up to now all require me to setup
>>> an *extra server* (ViewVC or Sventon or Nexus)
>>>
>>
>> You should take care of your words.
>> It's not an "*extra server*", as first two is a repository browsing tools, you
>> need your existing Apache to run them.
>>
>>
> Sorry, my fault. I should have said *extra server setup* .
As I said, your *existing* Apache is enough to do that. Just a few tweaks in
configuration is required.
>>> that can read SVN
>>> repository and serve them to IE/firefox clients. So I'd like to flag
>>> this question unresolved.
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WBR,
Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@freemail.ru) 10.09.2009, <14:57>
Sorry for my terrible english...
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Re: Can I view file details when using IE/firefox to browse a SVN
repos through Apache server
Posted by "Chen Jun(陈军)" <ch...@gmail.com>.
Andrey Repin wrote:
> Greetings, "Chen (?) Jun (?)"!
>
>
>> For the answers from the mailing list up to now all require me to setup
>> an *extra server* (ViewVC or Sventon or Nexus)
>>
>
> You should take care of your words.
> It's not an "*extra server*", as first two is a repository browsing tools, you
> need your existing Apache to run them.
>
>
Sorry, my fault. I should have said *extra server setup* .
>> that can read SVN
>> repository and serve them to IE/firefox clients. So I'd like to flag
>> this question unresolved.
>>
>
>
> --
> WBR,
> Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@freemail.ru) 09.09.2009, <15:54>
>
> Sorry for my terrible english...
>
>
>
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Re: Can I view file details when using IE/firefox to browse a SVN
repos through Apache server
Posted by Andrey Repin <an...@freemail.ru>.
Greetings, "Chen (?) Jun (?)"!
> For the answers from the mailing list up to now all require me to setup
> an *extra server* (ViewVC or Sventon or Nexus)
You should take care of your words.
It's not an "*extra server*", as first two is a repository browsing tools, you
need your existing Apache to run them.
> that can read SVN
> repository and serve them to IE/firefox clients. So I'd like to flag
> this question unresolved.
--
WBR,
Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@freemail.ru) 09.09.2009, <15:54>
Sorry for my terrible english...
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Re: Can I view file details when using IE/firefox to browse a SVN
repos through Apache server
Posted by Erik Huelsmann <eh...@gmail.com>.
Dear Chen,
> For the answers from the mailing list up to now all require me to setup
> an *extra server* (ViewVC or Sventon or Nexus) that can read SVN
> repository and serve them to IE/firefox clients.
...
> So I'd like to flag this question unresolved.
Why do you say "flag this unresolved"? This is not like a support
forum from a big vendor where you can "claim" support. Did you
contribute your experiences to other new users? If not, how can you
expect others to do so with you?
With kind regards,
Erik.
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Re: Can I view file details when using IE/firefox to browse a SVN
repos through Apache server
Posted by "Chen (陈) Jun (军)" <ch...@gmail.com>.
vishwajeet singh wrote:
> You need to take a look at Subversion webclients there are many
> available websvn and sventon are the two which I personally like.
>
> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 11:56 AM, "Chen (陈) Jun (军)"
> <chjfth@gmail.com <ma...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> I'm using Subversion 1.6.2 on Windows XP, and I've successfully set up
> the Apache server to serve my SVN repositories according to
> instructions
> provided by the red bean book Chapter 6. Server Configuration ->
> httpd,
> the Apache HTTP Server <svn.serverconfig.httpd.html>. So I think it is
> good to take this facility as a Web download server.
>
> But I still have a question. When I use IE/firefox to browse a
> directory
> node inside a repository, I only see file names listed. Can I see file
> size and file modification time as well? -- so that it is more
> friendly
> to the web visitor.
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
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>
For the answers from the mailing list up to now all require me to setup
an *extra server* (ViewVC or Sventon or Nexus) that can read SVN
repository and serve them to IE/firefox clients. So I'd like to flag
this question unresolved.
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Re: Can I view file details when using IE/firefox to browse a SVN
repos through Apache server
Posted by Dextrous <de...@gmail.com>.
You need to take a look at Subversion webclients there are many available
websvn and sventon are the two which I personally like.
On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 11:56 AM, "Chen (陈) Jun (军)" <ch...@gmail.com>wrote:
> I'm using Subversion 1.6.2 on Windows XP, and I've successfully set up
> the Apache server to serve my SVN repositories according to instructions
> provided by the red bean book Chapter 6. Server Configuration -> httpd,
> the Apache HTTP Server <svn.serverconfig.httpd.html>. So I think it is
> good to take this facility as a Web download server.
>
> But I still have a question. When I use IE/firefox to browse a directory
> node inside a repository, I only see file names listed. Can I see file
> size and file modification time as well? -- so that it is more friendly
> to the web visitor.
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
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