[nycbug-talk] SVN question

Bob Ippolito bob
Fri Jan 20 23:41:10 EST 2006


And if for whatever reason the ".svn" dirs get in the way, you could  
use svk to check out the repository instead.  I've played around with  
it a bit for mirroring svn repositories and for doing version  
controlled development with a repository that I couldn't commit to --  
worked out fine, no problems so far.

http://svk.elixus.org/

-bob

On Jan 20, 2006, at 4:57 PM, Jonathan Vanasco wrote:

> easiest way is to make /etc a svn copy
>
> $ su
> # cd /
> # svn co http://secure.svn.repo/configs/machine_id/etc etc_svn
> # rm -rf etc && mv etc_svn etc
> # exit
>
> then you just
>
> $ su
> # svn up /etc
>
> and all your files are updated
>
>
>> On 1/20/06, Steve Rieger <riegersteve at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> hi all, my mind is asleep and i cant figure this one out.
>>>
>>>
>>> am wanting the following setup
>>>
>>> on server test1 /etc
>>> import /etc into svn   
>>> (repository)                                              (which  
>>> runs locally)
>>> modify files using svn locally (working copies)                  
>>> (on my laptop)
>>> when done modifying, will commit to repository,
>>>
>>> so far so good.
>>>
>>> now how can i tell repository to copy the files that i modified from
>>> the repo back into /etc
>>>
>>> say i want to edit /etc/hosts i modify it on my laptop, commit the
>>> change up to the repository, and then how would i get the modified
>>> file in place in /etc
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