On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Pietro Moras <studio-pm_at_hotmail.com>wrote:
> Dear Subversion cognoscenti,
>
> Seriously intentioned to explore what Subversion is all about, armed
> with good will and a good reference book (“Version Control with
> Subversion”, by Ben Collins-Sussman, Brian W. Fitzpatrick, C. Michael
> Pilato), I got immediately lost & stuck at the very first command:
>
> $ svn help
>
>
> ?] That said, where/how on earth could I get such Subversion grass-roots
> commands working?
>
> Is there any practical way, any practical tool, any practical good
> soul/good organisation where to find a test client-server setup where to
> (seriously) “play” with Subversion VCS? I'd be happy to begin even with a
> tiny a client-server set-up onto a machine of mine, would such a tool
> available; even no idea whether such a naďve idea of mine is feasible or
> not.
>
> Gratefully yours,
>
> - P.M.
> ____________
> Ref.:
> dr. Pietro Moras
> Email Studio-PM_at_hotmail.com
>
Greetings Pietro,
Start here http://svnbook.red-bean.com/
Then I would recommend a Google search like *install subversion
{platform_or_distro_you_use}* -- for example here's a good quick overview
at Ubuntu https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Subversion
Remember, `Subversion` is both a client software and a server software, so
it doesn't do you much good to learn `svn ___` (client) unless you have
already used svnadmin to create a repository... (server). You can do this
all locally, or on a VM (I would recommend go this route, eg virtualbox, if
you're on Windows).
Post back here with more specific questions as you go.
Received on 2011-10-28 20:21:27 CEST