On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 04:43:04PM +0000, olczyk@interaccess.com wrote:
> Being a newbie I have some badic questions about svn.
>
> Before I ask them, I notice you have a FAQ, but that FAQ is
> more focused on the project then on how SVN is used. It might
> be a good idea to make a FAQ for SVN users. If anyone does, then
> I believe these questions belong in there,
>
> 1) Is there an equivalent to CVSROOT to specify the repository without
> typing it in on each commandline.
Sure.
$ export SVNROOT=http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/trunk
$ svn ls $SVNROOT
> 2) Is there an equivalent of .cvsignore?
The .svnignore file support was dropped in favor of svn:ignore properties.
This is covered in the book.
> 3) Sometimes I have questions about how to do something in a project.
> I create a small subdirectory, and make a test case for the
> feature in there. Is there a way of not having that subdirectory
> checked in?
Don't add it.
> 4) Sometimes I wind up in a circumstance where I do not have access
> to the repository. For example I might need to look stuff up to
> get something working. So I go to the nearest university library
> and work off the laptop there. Is there a way to copy the
> repository and sync the two repositories at appropriate times?
You might want to investigate "svk", which is linked to from
http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/trunk/www/project_links.html
(the link hasn't made it to the official website yet).
--ben
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>
> Now for a couple of whigns.
>
> 1) Some times I download a project and discover that it is a cvs
> project instead of an svn project. I don't mind projects which
> are derivetive, but I want them to work with svn.
Lobby for change.
> 2) Some projects I look at take you to a place where they have a
> list of files. Why can't tarballs be provided.
I'm not sure how svn can help you with that.
--ben
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