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Help Getting Started
Hello List:
I've been expounding the benefits of source control for years. I've even used
it on a few projects, but it's mostly been supported by others. I'm now running
my own project and need to implement it for local as well as network (i.e.
Internet) access. I've chosen Subversion (of course).
So, I've installed the latest version of svn 1.4.0, and have TortoiseSVN 1.3.5,
but I understand that's outside the scope of this list. I'm running all this on
a Win2K workstation, which has XAMPP installed. So to recap:
Win2K
svn 1.4.0
Apache 2.2.2
PHP 5.1.4
etc...
Because of the version of Apache, I can't use the DAV modules, which I
understand were built for 2.0, and won't work with 2.2 (I tried and it didn't
work). So I'll have to use svnserver for network access to my repository.
I was able to create a repository on my G: drive like so:
G:\>svnadmin create svnrepo
That's where I ran out of luck... Here are the next few lines and their errors:
G:\>svn import cityfax E:\Websites\cityfax\site
svn: Invalid URL 'E:/Websites/cityfax/site'
G:\>svn import cityfax file://E:\Websites\cityfax\site
svn: Could not use external editor to fetch log message; consider setting the
$SVN_EDITOR environment variable or using the --message (-m) or --file (-F) options
svn: None of the environment variables SVN_EDITOR, VISUAL or EDITOR is set, and
no 'editor-cmd' run-time configuration option was found
G:\>svn ls
svn: '.' is not a working copy
G:\>svn checkout cityfax
svn: Client error in parsing arguments
G:\>svn checkout svn://cityfax
svn: No repository found in 'svn://cityfax'
So, a few questions:
- How do I check what's currently in the repository?
- Did my import work?
- If my import did not work, how can I make it work?
That's it for now. Baby steps. Thanks for your help!
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Re: Help Getting Started
Posted by Eric <sp...@scoot.netis.com>.
Good evening, all...
I'm sure this has been discussed but I wasn't able to find it in the archives.
Running Subversion 1.3.2 on Fedora Core 2, went to import about 4.5 GB of
files into a newly-created repository, and svn barfed and exited when the
database file hit 2 GB.
Linux hasn't had a 2-GB limit for a long time, and I verified that this
particular installation could handle large files by building a 4.5-GB
tarball of all of the files I wanted to put into the repository.
Is there a configuration option I missed that allows svn to build large
database files?
Thanks...
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Re: Help Getting Started
Posted by "A. Alfred Ayache" <al...@lastbyte.ca>.
UGH! OK, I've figured out how to reset the cache (delete the file in the
%APPDATA%\Subversion\auth\svn.simple directory). But now I'm stuck with the
original problem.
OK, got it: turns out I had the svnserve.conf file looking for an authz file,
and I left it to the default. I didn't need it at all. As soon as I removed
that reference, the import worked!
Thanks for your help.
A. Alfred Ayache
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A. Alfred Ayache wrote:
> OK, I've gotten a little further. I went into the svnserve.conf file
> and the passwd file, and made appropriate entries.
>
> So when I tried doing the import, it told me what realm it was using,
> and asked me for my password. Well, that didn't work and it failed my
> authorization. But now it's cached the failed attempt and won't even
> prompt me.
>
> So how do I reset that?
>
> Thanks,
>
> A. Alfred Ayache
> http://lphs76.ca - Reunion community
> http://www.rentersPlus.com - Apartment Search
> http://www.lastbyte.ca - Web Design, eCommerce, PHP/MySQL, Java,
> Oracle
>
>
> A. Alfred Ayache wrote:
>> OK, we're making headway. Changed the svnserve call to:
>>
>> svnserve -d -r g:/svnrepo
>>
>> Then tried importing so:
>>
>> G:\>svn import e:/websites/cityfax/site svn://localhost/ -m"Original
>> import"
>> svn: Authorization failed
>>
>> What do I do about authorization?
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Re: Help Getting Started
Posted by "A. Alfred Ayache" <al...@lastbyte.ca>.
OK, I've gotten a little further. I went into the svnserve.conf file and the
passwd file, and made appropriate entries.
So when I tried doing the import, it told me what realm it was using, and asked
me for my password. Well, that didn't work and it failed my authorization. But
now it's cached the failed attempt and won't even prompt me.
So how do I reset that?
Thanks,
A. Alfred Ayache
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A. Alfred Ayache wrote:
> OK, we're making headway. Changed the svnserve call to:
>
> svnserve -d -r g:/svnrepo
>
> Then tried importing so:
>
> G:\>svn import e:/websites/cityfax/site svn://localhost/ -m"Original
> import"
> svn: Authorization failed
>
> What do I do about authorization?
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Re: Help Getting Started
Posted by "A. Alfred Ayache" <al...@lastbyte.ca>.
OK, we're making headway. Changed the svnserve call to:
svnserve -d -r g:/svnrepo
Then tried importing so:
G:\>svn import e:/websites/cityfax/site svn://localhost/ -m"Original import"
svn: Authorization failed
What do I do about authorization?
A. Alfred Ayache
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Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>
> On Oct 26, 2006, at 19:47, A. Alfred Ayache wrote:
>
>> Well, I started svnserve in a DOS-box, under my one user on this
>> workstation. So I have full admin rights.
>>
>> Is it possible I have different versions of client and server? Would
>> that cause this sort of problem? Because it's complaining about the
>> format file...
>
> Yes, you can have different versions of server and client. No, it
> shouldn't cause problems; 1.x servers and clients are guaranteed to be
> reasonably compatible with each other. It might just be that some newer
> features can't be used unless both server and client are the new
> version. The complaint about the format file merely means that
> Subversion cannot find it; this is the file Subversion tries to locate
> to determine if a directory is a repository, that's all.
>
>
> On Oct 26, 2006, at 20:42, Brad Bruce wrote:
>
>>> On Oct 26, 2006, at 09:56, A. Alfred Ayache wrote:
>>>
>>>> OK, I changed the svnserve startup to:
>>>>
>>>> C:\WINDOWS>svnserve -d -r file:///g:/svnrepo
>>>>
>>>> Then tried the import again:
>
> [snip]
>
>>>> G:\>svn import e:\websites\cityfax\site svn://localhost/ -m"Original
>>>> import"
>>>> svn: Can't open file 'file:\\\g:\svnrepo\format': The filename,
>>>> directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
>
> [snip]
>
>> Shouldn't C:\WINDOWS>svnserve -d -r file:///g:/svnrepo actually be
>> C:\WINDOWS>svnserve -d -r g:\svnrepo
>
> Yes, it should; good catch!
>
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Re: Help Getting Started
Posted by Ryan Schmidt <su...@ryandesign.com>.
On Oct 26, 2006, at 19:47, A. Alfred Ayache wrote:
> Well, I started svnserve in a DOS-box, under my one user on this
> workstation. So I have full admin rights.
>
> Is it possible I have different versions of client and server?
> Would that cause this sort of problem? Because it's complaining
> about the format file...
Yes, you can have different versions of server and client. No, it
shouldn't cause problems; 1.x servers and clients are guaranteed to
be reasonably compatible with each other. It might just be that some
newer features can't be used unless both server and client are the
new version. The complaint about the format file merely means that
Subversion cannot find it; this is the file Subversion tries to
locate to determine if a directory is a repository, that's all.
On Oct 26, 2006, at 20:42, Brad Bruce wrote:
>> On Oct 26, 2006, at 09:56, A. Alfred Ayache wrote:
>>
>>> OK, I changed the svnserve startup to:
>>>
>>> C:\WINDOWS>svnserve -d -r file:///g:/svnrepo
>>>
>>> Then tried the import again:
[snip]
>>> G:\>svn import e:\websites\cityfax\site svn://localhost/ -
>>> m"Original import"
>>> svn: Can't open file 'file:\\\g:\svnrepo\format': The filename,
>>> directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
[snip]
> Shouldn't C:\WINDOWS>svnserve -d -r file:///g:/svnrepo actually be
> C:\WINDOWS>svnserve -d -r g:\svnrepo
Yes, it should; good catch!
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Re: Help Getting Started
Posted by Brad Bruce <NJ...@Verizon.net>.
Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> On Oct 26, 2006, at 09:56, A. Alfred Ayache wrote:
>
>> OK, I changed the svnserve startup to:
>>
>> C:\WINDOWS>svnserve -d -r file:///g:/svnrepo
>>
>> Then tried the import again:
>>
>> G:\>svn import e:\websites\cityfax\site svn://localhost/cityfax
>> -m"Original import"
>> svn: Can't open file 'file:\\\g:\svnrepo\cityfax\format': The
>> filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
>>
>> Aargh!
>>
>> But then I looked at it a little more closely, and realized I was
>> sending it to a directory which wasn't there (i.e.
>> svn://localhost/cityfax), so I tried again:
>>
>> G:\>svn import e:\websites\cityfax\site svn://localhost/ -m"Original
>> import"
>> svn: Can't open file 'file:\\\g:\svnrepo\format': The filename,
>> directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
>>
>> I even tried turning the slashes around on the e:/websites...
>> directory name, but I got the same result. :(
>
> It's curious that it would print "file:\\\g:\..." in the error
> message, since I thought slashes should always be forward slashes in a
> URL, and indeed you used forward slashes when specifying the URL.
>
> Under what user does svnserve run? Does this user have permission to
> read the repository files? Does this user have access to the G: volume
> label? (They're per-user, aren't they?)
>
> If that doesn't help, I could sure use the help of a Windows expert
> here, because I'm running out of ideas. :)
>
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Shouldn't C:\WINDOWS>svnserve -d -r file:///g:/svnrepo actually be
C:\WINDOWS>svnserve -d -r g:\svnrepo
Brad
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Re: Help Getting Started
Posted by "A. Alfred Ayache" <al...@lastbyte.ca>.
Thanks for your reply, Ryan!
Well, I started svnserve in a DOS-box, under my one user on this workstation.
So I have full admin rights.
Is it possible I have different versions of client and server? Would that cause
this sort of problem? Because it's complaining about the format file...
A. Alfred Ayache
http://lphs76.ca - Reunion community
http://www.rentersPlus.com - Apartment Search
http://www.lastbyte.ca - Web Design, eCommerce, PHP/MySQL, Java, Oracle
Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> On Oct 26, 2006, at 09:56, A. Alfred Ayache wrote:
>
>> OK, I changed the svnserve startup to:
>>
>> C:\WINDOWS>svnserve -d -r file:///g:/svnrepo
>>
>> Then tried the import again:
>>
>> G:\>svn import e:\websites\cityfax\site svn://localhost/cityfax
>> -m"Original import"
>> svn: Can't open file 'file:\\\g:\svnrepo\cityfax\format': The
>> filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
>>
>> Aargh!
>>
>> But then I looked at it a little more closely, and realized I was
>> sending it to a directory which wasn't there (i.e.
>> svn://localhost/cityfax), so I tried again:
>>
>> G:\>svn import e:\websites\cityfax\site svn://localhost/ -m"Original
>> import"
>> svn: Can't open file 'file:\\\g:\svnrepo\format': The filename,
>> directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
>>
>> I even tried turning the slashes around on the e:/websites...
>> directory name, but I got the same result. :(
>
> It's curious that it would print "file:\\\g:\..." in the error message,
> since I thought slashes should always be forward slashes in a URL, and
> indeed you used forward slashes when specifying the URL.
>
> Under what user does svnserve run? Does this user have permission to
> read the repository files? Does this user have access to the G: volume
> label? (They're per-user, aren't they?)
>
> If that doesn't help, I could sure use the help of a Windows expert
> here, because I'm running out of ideas. :)
>
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Re: Help Getting Started
Posted by Vagmi Mudumbai <va...@gmail.com>.
Try using the command line clients shipped with svn 1.4. The problem might
be with incompatible version of the client and the server. Try running
svnadmin --version and svn --version to check if both the versions are what
you intended to use. There might be issues with some path variables as the
1.3 client that you installed later might have overwritten the path
variable. I am a linux user and I am not sure about how this works on
Windows. But this is just my 2 cents.
On 10/27/06, Ryan Schmidt <su...@ryandesign.com> wrote:
>
> On Oct 26, 2006, at 09:56, A. Alfred Ayache wrote:
>
> > OK, I changed the svnserve startup to:
> >
> > C:\WINDOWS>svnserve -d -r file:///g:/svnrepo
> >
> > Then tried the import again:
> >
> > G:\>svn import e:\websites\cityfax\site svn://localhost/cityfax -
> > m"Original import"
> > svn: Can't open file 'file:\\\g:\svnrepo\cityfax\format': The
> > filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
> >
> > Aargh!
> >
> > But then I looked at it a little more closely, and realized I was
> > sending it to a directory which wasn't there (i.e. svn://localhost/
> > cityfax), so I tried again:
> >
> > G:\>svn import e:\websites\cityfax\site svn://localhost/ -
> > m"Original import"
> > svn: Can't open file 'file:\\\g:\svnrepo\format': The filename,
> > directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
> >
> > I even tried turning the slashes around on the e:/websites...
> > directory name, but I got the same result. :(
>
> It's curious that it would print "file:\\\g:\..." in the error
> message, since I thought slashes should always be forward slashes in
> a URL, and indeed you used forward slashes when specifying the URL.
>
> Under what user does svnserve run? Does this user have permission to
> read the repository files? Does this user have access to the G:
> volume label? (They're per-user, aren't they?)
>
> If that doesn't help, I could sure use the help of a Windows expert
> here, because I'm running out of ideas. :)
>
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Re: Help Getting Started
Posted by Ryan Schmidt <su...@ryandesign.com>.
On Oct 26, 2006, at 09:56, A. Alfred Ayache wrote:
> OK, I changed the svnserve startup to:
>
> C:\WINDOWS>svnserve -d -r file:///g:/svnrepo
>
> Then tried the import again:
>
> G:\>svn import e:\websites\cityfax\site svn://localhost/cityfax -
> m"Original import"
> svn: Can't open file 'file:\\\g:\svnrepo\cityfax\format': The
> filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
>
> Aargh!
>
> But then I looked at it a little more closely, and realized I was
> sending it to a directory which wasn't there (i.e. svn://localhost/
> cityfax), so I tried again:
>
> G:\>svn import e:\websites\cityfax\site svn://localhost/ -
> m"Original import"
> svn: Can't open file 'file:\\\g:\svnrepo\format': The filename,
> directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
>
> I even tried turning the slashes around on the e:/websites...
> directory name, but I got the same result. :(
It's curious that it would print "file:\\\g:\..." in the error
message, since I thought slashes should always be forward slashes in
a URL, and indeed you used forward slashes when specifying the URL.
Under what user does svnserve run? Does this user have permission to
read the repository files? Does this user have access to the G:
volume label? (They're per-user, aren't they?)
If that doesn't help, I could sure use the help of a Windows expert
here, because I'm running out of ideas. :)
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Re: Help Getting Started
Posted by "A. Alfred Ayache" <al...@lastbyte.ca>.
Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> $ svnserve -d -r /usr/local/repositories"
OK, I changed the svnserve startup to:
C:\WINDOWS>svnserve -d -r file:///g:/svnrepo
Then tried the import again:
G:\>svn import e:\websites\cityfax\site svn://localhost/cityfax -m"Original import"
svn: Can't open file 'file:\\\g:\svnrepo\cityfax\format': The filename,
directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
Aargh!
But then I looked at it a little more closely, and realized I was sending it to
a directory which wasn't there (i.e. svn://localhost/cityfax), so I tried again:
G:\>svn import e:\websites\cityfax\site svn://localhost/ -m"Original import"
svn: Can't open file 'file:\\\g:\svnrepo\format': The filename, directory name,
or volume label syntax is incorrect.
I even tried turning the slashes around on the e:/websites... directory name,
but I got the same result. :(
Thanks again for your assistance.
A. Alfred Ayache
http://lphs76.ca - Reunion community
http://www.rentersPlus.com - Apartment Search
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Re: Help Getting Started
Posted by Ryan Schmidt <su...@ryandesign.com>.
On Oct 25, 2006, at 17:55, A. Alfred Ayache wrote:
>> How did you start svnserve? The parameters you use there would
>> dictate the URL you need to use when accessing it.
>
> I used:
>
> svnserve -d
>
> So how do I import into the repo?
So then, according to the documentation here...
http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.2/svn.serverconfig.svnserve.html
...you need to specify the absolute repository path in the URL, or
else start svnserve pointed at a specific directory where your
repositories are located.
"A client needs to specify an absolute path in the repository URL.
For example, if a repository is located at /usr/local/repositories/
project1, then a client would reach it via svn://host.example.com/usr/
local/repositories/project1 . To increase security, you can pass the -
r option to svnserve, which restricts it to exporting only
repositories below that path:
$ svnserve -d -r /usr/local/repositories"
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Re: Help Getting Started
Posted by "A. Alfred Ayache" <al...@lastbyte.ca>.
Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> On Oct 25, 2006, at 15:35, A. Alfred Ayache wrote:
>
>> Yes, I do have svnserve running in an open DOS-box. I plan on making
>> it a service once I've got things running properly.
>
> How did you start svnserve? The parameters you use there would dictate
> the URL you need to use when accessing it.
I used:
svnserve -d
So how do I import into the repo?
> I searched Google for "subversion windows file url" and see that the
> correct syntax is described here:
>
> http://subversion.tigris.org/faq.html#windows-drive-letter
>
> So we're missing a slash. It should be:
>
> svn ls file:///G:/svnrepo
Yes, that works, thanks, and I get:
G:\>svn ls file:///G:/svnrepo
G:\>
Nothing. So the import didn't seem to work.
But we're making progress and I'm extremely grateful for your help!
Thanks!
- AAA
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Re: Help Getting Started
Posted by Ryan Schmidt <su...@ryandesign.com>.
On Oct 25, 2006, at 15:35, A. Alfred Ayache wrote:
> Yes, I do have svnserve running in an open DOS-box. I plan on
> making it a service once I've got things running properly.
How did you start svnserve? The parameters you use there would
dictate the URL you need to use when accessing it.
> cityfax is just the name of a directory; not the computer's name.
>
> I truly envy you not using Windows. I plan on moving to Linux at
> some point. I keep putting it off. Maybe the wizard can give me a
> heart.
>
> In the meantime, here are my latest efforts:
>
> G:\>svn import e:\websites\cityfax\site svn://localhost -m"Original
> import"
> svn: No repository found in 'svn://localhost'
>
> G:\>svn ls svn://localhost
> svn: No repository found in 'svn://localhost'
>
> G:\>svn ls file://G:/svnrepo
> svn: Unable to open an ra_local session to URL
> svn: Unable to open repository 'file://G:/svnrepo'
I searched Google for "subversion windows file url" and see that the
correct syntax is described here:
http://subversion.tigris.org/faq.html#windows-drive-letter
So we're missing a slash. It should be:
svn ls file:///G:/svnrepo
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Re: Help Getting Started
Posted by "A. Alfred Ayache" <al...@lastbyte.ca>.
Hi Ryan:
Thanks for the prompt reply.
Yes, I have been reading the book (as well as the TortoiseSVN help file) and as
I couldn't get things working, I thought I'd ask for help here.
Yes, I do have svnserve running in an open DOS-box. I plan on making it a
service once I've got things running properly.
cityfax is just the name of a directory; not the computer's name.
I truly envy you not using Windows. I plan on moving to Linux at some point. I
keep putting it off. Maybe the wizard can give me a heart.
In the meantime, here are my latest efforts:
G:\>svn import e:\websites\cityfax\site svn://localhost -m"Original import"
svn: No repository found in 'svn://localhost'
G:\>svn ls svn://localhost
svn: No repository found in 'svn://localhost'
G:\>svn ls file://G:/svnrepo
svn: Unable to open an ra_local session to URL
svn: Unable to open repository 'file://G:/svnrepo'
A. Alfred Ayache
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Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> First of all: have you read the book? It should explain everything you
> need to know. Take a weekend and read as much of it as you can.
>
> http://svnbook.org/
>
> If you don't like reading online documentation, it can be purchased in
> hardcopy from O'Reilly. There are also other books available. Several
> are listed on the Subversion web site.
>
>
> On Oct 25, 2006, at 13:23, A. Alfred Ayache wrote:
>
>> I've been expounding the benefits of source control for years. I've
>> even used it on a few projects, but it's mostly been supported by
>> others. I'm now running my own project and need to implement it for
>> local as well as network (i.e. Internet) access. I've chosen
>> Subversion (of course).
>>
>> So, I've installed the latest version of svn 1.4.0, and have
>> TortoiseSVN 1.3.5, but I understand that's outside the scope of this
>> list. I'm running all this on a Win2K workstation, which has XAMPP
>> installed. So to recap:
>>
>> Win2K
>> svn 1.4.0
>> Apache 2.2.2
>> PHP 5.1.4
>> etc...
>>
>> Because of the version of Apache, I can't use the DAV modules, which I
>> understand were built for 2.0, and won't work with 2.2 (I tried and it
>> didn't work). So I'll have to use svnserver for network access to my
>> repository.
>
> You can either use svnserve or direct file access at this point. I
> recommend setting up svnserve.
>
>
>> I was able to create a repository on my G: drive like so:
>>
>> G:\>svnadmin create svnrepo
>>
>> That's where I ran out of luck... Here are the next few lines and
>> their errors:
>>
>> G:\>svn import cityfax E:\Websites\cityfax\site
>> svn: Invalid URL 'E:/Websites/cityfax/site'
>
> If you want to use svnserve, your repository URL would begin with
> "svn://"; if you want to use direct file access, your repository URL
> would begin with "file://".
>
> According to "svn help import", the syntax is "svn import [PATH] URL"
> where PATH is the path to the local items you want to import, and URL is
> the URL to the repository.
>
>
>> G:\>svn import cityfax file://E:\Websites\cityfax\site
>
> What is cityfax? Is that the local directory you want to import into the
> repository? It is in the current directory? If so, you would say:
>
> svn import cityfax file://G:/svnrepo
>
> I'm not 100% sure about how to specify Windows file system paths in a
> file:// URL; I don't use Windows.
>
>
>> svn: Could not use external editor to fetch log message; consider
>> setting the $SVN_EDITOR environment variable or using the --message
>> (-m) or --file (-F) options
>> svn: None of the environment variables SVN_EDITOR, VISUAL or EDITOR is
>> set, and no 'editor-cmd' run-time configuration option was found
>
> You either need to provide a log message with the -m parameter or set
> one of the indicated environment variables to specify an interactive
> editor in which you would write the log message. I do not know what
> appropriate values for those variables would be on Windows.
>
>
>> G:\>svn ls
>> svn: '.' is not a working copy
>
> True. After importing, you would have to check out a working copy before
> you can do anything like that.
>
>
>> G:\>svn checkout cityfax
>> svn: Client error in parsing arguments
>
> According to "svn help checkout", the syntax is "svn checkout
> URL[@REV]... [PATH]" where URL is the URL of the repository and PATH is
> the local path to the working copy you want to have created. So you need
> to say where your repository is.
>
> svn checkout file://G:/svnrepo wc
>
>
>> G:\>svn checkout svn://cityfax
>> svn: No repository found in 'svn://cityfax'
>
> Have you started svnserve?
>
> I'm assuming "cityfax" is the hostname of this computer?
>
>
>> So, a few questions:
>>
>> - How do I check what's currently in the repository?
>
> svn ls URL
>
> where URL is the URL to your repository, e.g.
>
> svn ls svn://localhost
>
> or
>
> svn ls file://G:/svnrepo
>
> Since you just created your repository, it is empty.
>
>
>> - Did my import work?
>
> No; it printed an error message. Nothing was imported.
>
>
>> - If my import did not work, how can I make it work?
>>
>> That's it for now. Baby steps. Thanks for your help!
>
>
>
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Re: Help Getting Started
Posted by Ryan Schmidt <su...@ryandesign.com>.
First of all: have you read the book? It should explain everything
you need to know. Take a weekend and read as much of it as you can.
http://svnbook.org/
If you don't like reading online documentation, it can be purchased
in hardcopy from O'Reilly. There are also other books available.
Several are listed on the Subversion web site.
On Oct 25, 2006, at 13:23, A. Alfred Ayache wrote:
> I've been expounding the benefits of source control for years.
> I've even used it on a few projects, but it's mostly been supported
> by others. I'm now running my own project and need to implement it
> for local as well as network (i.e. Internet) access. I've chosen
> Subversion (of course).
>
> So, I've installed the latest version of svn 1.4.0, and have
> TortoiseSVN 1.3.5, but I understand that's outside the scope of
> this list. I'm running all this on a Win2K workstation, which has
> XAMPP installed. So to recap:
>
> Win2K
> svn 1.4.0
> Apache 2.2.2
> PHP 5.1.4
> etc...
>
> Because of the version of Apache, I can't use the DAV modules,
> which I understand were built for 2.0, and won't work with 2.2 (I
> tried and it didn't work). So I'll have to use svnserver for
> network access to my repository.
You can either use svnserve or direct file access at this point. I
recommend setting up svnserve.
> I was able to create a repository on my G: drive like so:
>
> G:\>svnadmin create svnrepo
>
> That's where I ran out of luck... Here are the next few lines and
> their errors:
>
> G:\>svn import cityfax E:\Websites\cityfax\site
> svn: Invalid URL 'E:/Websites/cityfax/site'
If you want to use svnserve, your repository URL would begin with
"svn://"; if you want to use direct file access, your repository URL
would begin with "file://".
According to "svn help import", the syntax is "svn import [PATH] URL"
where PATH is the path to the local items you want to import, and URL
is the URL to the repository.
> G:\>svn import cityfax file://E:\Websites\cityfax\site
What is cityfax? Is that the local directory you want to import into
the repository? It is in the current directory? If so, you would say:
svn import cityfax file://G:/svnrepo
I'm not 100% sure about how to specify Windows file system paths in a
file:// URL; I don't use Windows.
> svn: Could not use external editor to fetch log message; consider
> setting the $SVN_EDITOR environment variable or using the --message
> (-m) or --file (-F) options
> svn: None of the environment variables SVN_EDITOR, VISUAL or EDITOR
> is set, and no 'editor-cmd' run-time configuration option was found
You either need to provide a log message with the -m parameter or set
one of the indicated environment variables to specify an interactive
editor in which you would write the log message. I do not know what
appropriate values for those variables would be on Windows.
> G:\>svn ls
> svn: '.' is not a working copy
True. After importing, you would have to check out a working copy
before you can do anything like that.
> G:\>svn checkout cityfax
> svn: Client error in parsing arguments
According to "svn help checkout", the syntax is "svn checkout URL
[@REV]... [PATH]" where URL is the URL of the repository and PATH is
the local path to the working copy you want to have created. So you
need to say where your repository is.
svn checkout file://G:/svnrepo wc
> G:\>svn checkout svn://cityfax
> svn: No repository found in 'svn://cityfax'
Have you started svnserve?
I'm assuming "cityfax" is the hostname of this computer?
> So, a few questions:
>
> - How do I check what's currently in the repository?
svn ls URL
where URL is the URL to your repository, e.g.
svn ls svn://localhost
or
svn ls file://G:/svnrepo
Since you just created your repository, it is empty.
> - Did my import work?
No; it printed an error message. Nothing was imported.
> - If my import did not work, how can I make it work?
>
> That's it for now. Baby steps. Thanks for your help!
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