SVN Advice

[Reid Linnemann]

Written by montag at activeattack.com on 05/19/08 06:05>>
> Hello all,
> 
> I'm seeking to set up an SVN repository on my home machine.  I've come
> across the following two guides:
> 
> http://www.bsdguides.org/guides/freebsd/misc/subversion.php
> 
> http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2007/09/27/subversion-for-bsd-with-all-the-bells-and-whistles.html
> 
> The second one is certainly overkill for what I need (I just want to use
> it to manage my personal projects, since I work remotely a lot).  I'd
> definitely like a password protected web interface though.  My issue is
> the following.  In both guides (and in all the other ones I've come
> across) Apache is compiled with options that I did not select when I
> installed Apache a while ago.  I'd rather not have to redo everything I've
> set up with my web server.  Is there any way I get include those modules
> (namely WITH_BERKELEYDB) without having to recompile?  Also, any advice
> relating to setting up Subversion on FreeBSD in general.
> 
> Appreciate the help,
> 
> montag
> 
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For the repo, I usually use exclusively svn+ssh protocol and DSA keys
for authentication. It's a lot simpler to just let ssh do authentication
than it is to futz with wrapping subversion up in apache, you don't have
to mess with a separate auth database, and you get security and
authorization (which users can use what repositories) as a side effect.
I usually make my repo owned by group svn, change permissions so the
group has write access to the db, and invite my svn users to that group.
Since svn+ssh is basically local access through an ssh tunnel, there's
no service to configure, and I can immediate connect remotely.

For a web interface, trac's repository browser is very nice. You can
front it through fastcgi on apache or lighttpd. Trac has a nice wiki
link feature that lets you link in to the repository browser. For
example, [123] on any wiki page will be rendered as a link to the
browser that shows information for changeset 123.