Subversion

Create a New Repository

1. Create a new subversion repository

   svnadmin create --fs-type fsfs /var/svn/repository-name
   

2. Set permissions on new repository so that svn-group has full access

   chgrp -R svn-group /var/svn/repository-name
   chmod -R g+rw /var/svn/repository-name
   find /var/svn/repository-name -type d -exec chmod g+s {} \;

3. To initialize the repository, create a project directory somewhere, and in that directory create trunk/, branches/, and tags/ directories. Then, import the project directory into the repository.

   svn import /path-to-project-directory/ file:///var/svn/repository-name --message 'Initial Import'

Wrapper Scripts

In order to properly maintain group permissions in a multi-user environment, wrapper scripts must be created for the svn utilities on the server to set the proper umask.

cat << EOF > /usr/local/bin/svn
#!/bin/bash
umask 002
/usr/bin/svn "\$@"
EOF
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/svn

cat << EOF > /usr/local/bin/svnadmin
#!/bin/bash
umask 002
/usr/bin/svnadmin "\$@"
EOF
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/svnadmin

cat << EOF > /usr/local/bin/svnlook
#!/bin/bash
umask 002
/usr/bin/svnlook "\$@"
EOF
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/svnlook

cat << EOF > /usr/local/bin/svnserve
#!/bin/bash
umask 002
/usr/bin/svnserve "\$@"
EOF
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/svnserve