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[Jamie Paul Griffin]

[ Jim Pingle wrote on Fri 24.Aug'12 at 23:07:30 -0400 ]

> On 8/23/2012 11:43 AM, Ian Lepore wrote:
> > On Thu, 2012-08-23 at 11:17 -0400, Ken Menzel wrote:
> >>
> >> I found two good primers:
> >> http://mebsd.com/configure-freebsd-servers/update-freebsd-source-tree-using-subversion-svn.html
> >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/committers-guide/article.html#SUBVERSION-PRIMER
> >>
> >> The second primer in the committer handbook seems to indicate that it
> >> is difficult to run an SVN mirror. This appears to me to be the
> >> biggest drawback.  I have been using CVS and perforce for years,  but
> >> subversion is new to me. 
> > 
> > It may be difficult to run an svn mirror that allows you to commit
> > locally and get those changes back to the project, but running a
> > read-only mirror is trivial.  The script I run nightly from cron to sync
> > my local mirror is:
> > 
> >         #!/bin/sh
> >         #
> >         # svnsync to pull in changes from FreeBSD to my local mirror.
> >         #
> >         svnsync sync file:///local/vc/svn/base
> > 
> > I can't remember how I initially created and populated the mirror, but
> > it's likely I grabbed a snapshot of the mirror at work and brought it
> > home on a thumb drive (just to avoid initial network DL time).
> 
> I spent a little time today setting up an SVN mirror after reading this
> thread and wrote up a how-to for those looking to do the same.
> 
> http://www.pingle.org/2012/08/24/freebsd-svn-mirror
> 
> Comments/Flames/Corrections welcome...

That's cool Jim. Certainly provides a clear explanation and simple steps.