subversion
Converting Subversion repositories to Git
This week’s TechMail is Converting Subversion repositories to Git. This is a small primer on how to migrate from using Subversion for version control to using Git instead. I’m still quite a big fan of subversion, but git is pretty cool too… I can definitely see the appeal of git for larger projects or projects [...]
Check out subversion repositories with ViewVC
This week’s TechMail is Check out subversion repositories with ViewVC which is pretty much just about installing and configuring the ViewVC web-based tool to view subversion repositories (works with cvs too).
Zsh tab completion with subversion 1.5
This has ticked me off for a bit, and I finally decided to find out why. Tab completion in zsh was returning the following every time I tried to use it, after upgrading to subversion 1.5: _arguments:comparguments:303: invalid argument: ARG Looks like the reason is that the subversion developers changed “arg” to “ARG”. So when [...]
Subversion 1.5.x upgrade oddities
Found some weirdness with subversion 1.5 today. I had previously upgraded to 1.5.1 when it came out (from 1.4.x) and found I couldn’t commit to svn+ssh urls. 1.5.2 fixes that, but has a naughty habbit of upgrading the repository format behind your back. So, if you have a working copy you checked out with 1.4.x [...]
Tips on Subversion
These are older tips I wrote for TechRepublic but I found myself needing to look them up before and realized they weren’t linked on my blog. Of course, with over 200 articles written for TechRepublic over the last 7-8 years, that’s not surprising. =) Anyways, Automate configuration backups with subversion is a quick way to [...]
Subversion, MediaWiki, and Bugzilla
Found this fantastic article about how to setup Subversion, MediaWiki, and Bugzilla to be nicely integrated. The article is really well done, and I’ve adapted most of it to the Annvix wiki and bugzilla, but the subversion integration will be a little problematic (or at least not as full as it could be) because the [...]