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... Jim _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
