ASOwiki: Subversion over SSH

Subversion over SSH

A guide from the ASO forums and Tim's WebSVN wiki page, i take no credit for it

Before we start

Assume you have some basic knowledge of Subversion and you know how to use it (import, commit, checkout, update, etc)
Assume you are using TortoiseSVN to browse repositories
Assume you know how to use pico or vi

Creating a repository

This is a guide on how I did it, you may want to create your own structure.

Create svn folder in your home folder

    $ cd ~

    $ mkdir svn

Give the repo an SVN filesystem

    $ svnadmin create --fs-type fsfs svn

Then we need to hack bash a little to let us use SSH to login (and use pico of vi to edit)

    $ cd ~

    $ mv .bashrc .bashrc_old

    $ cp /etc/bashrc .bashrc

    $ vi .bashrc

Then find the line containing:

mesg y

Replace it with:

tty -s
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
mesg y
fi

That's it for repo creation!

Connecting

This section was stolen from the forums, i don't take credit

The setup is pretty easy. Really, a few commands and you're done. This part, however, took a while to figure out.
Thankfully, the hard parts I've already got worked out for you.

Make a new folder on your desktop, let's call it "svn". Right click it and select "TortoiseSVN -> SVN Checkout" (or "SVN Checkout" if it isn't in the submenu.)

The program will ask you for the "URL of repository", you will supply:

svn+ssh://YOURUSERNAME@YOURHOST/home/YOURUSERNAME/svn

The program will ask you for your password, you give it, and ta-da! You're ready to go!

The break down of this URL:

svn+ssh://** The protocol.
YOURUSERNAME@YOURHOST Come on now, seriously.
/home/YOURUSERNAME/svn The absolute path to your repository.

The "repo" is an absolute path from the root of your system all the way up to the repository folder that we made in the last step.

: HOWTOSubversion

Subversion over SSH

Before we start

Creating a repository

Connecting