You should look into either svn+ssh:// or using svnserve over ssh port
forwarding ('ssh -L'). These are two distinct options. The former is
documented in the book; some of the SSH set-up tips there are applicable
to both modes.
André Hänsel wrote on Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 03:27:12 +0100:
> Hi list,
>
> can I use svnserve in daemon mode (to take advantage of its authorization
> mechanisms) and still have the client use an SSH tunnel (probably with
> different credentials) to connect to it, so I only have to expose the SSH
> port?
>
> I found a post at http://svn.haxx.se/users/archive-2004-12/1413.shtml
> talking about something called "SVN over SSH" but it's not mentioning how to
> set it up.
>
> Regards,
> André
>
