Re: svn with apache

Dale Hirt said the following on 17/09/2005 17:11:
> The problem is, if you use the SVNParentPath Directive, you won't get a
> listing anyways. You still have to manually set up a page that lists
> all the projects you have going.

Ah, OK.

So, is it possible to do what I want, i.e.:

1. an automatically generated list of my subversion repositories under
/home/svn at http://svn.robinbowes.com

2. Access to each repository at http://svn.robinbowes.com/foo,
http://svn.robinbowes.com/bar, etc.

?

Thanks for any suggestions.

R.

>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Robin Bowes [mailto:robin-lists@robinbowes.com]
> *Sent:* Sat 9/17/2005 12:36 AM
> *To:* Dale Hirt
> *Subject:* Re: svn with apache
>
> Dale Hirt said the following on 16/09/2005 23:35:
> > Robin,
> >
> > I'm assuming that you are using the SVNParentPath directive. Try
> > setting up a separate Location block for each separate project. That
> > should help you achieve your goal.
>
> Dale,
>
> Yes. This is my Apache config:
>
> <VirtualHost *:80>
> ServerName svn.robinbowes.com
> ServerAdmin robin-svn@robinbowes.com
>
> ErrorLog logs/svn.robinbowes.com-error_log
> CustomLog logs/svn.robinbowes.com-access_log combined
>
> DocumentRoot /home/svn/
> <Directory /home/svn/>
> Options ExecCGI FollowSymLinks
> AllowOverride all
> Allow from all
> Order allow,deny
> </Directory>
>
> <Location /svn>
> DAV svn
> # any "/svn/foo" URL will map to a repository /home/svn/foo
> SVNParentPath /home/svn
> AuthType Basic
> AuthName "Subversion repository"
> AuthUserFile /etc/svn-auth-file
> <LimitExcept GET PROPFIND OPTIONS REPORT>
> Require valid-user
> </LimitExcept>
> </Location>
> </VirtualHost>
>
> I am hoping to be able to set this up so that I can see a list of all my
> projects at http://svn.robinbowes.com, with each project accessible at
> http://svn.robinbowes.com/project1, etc.
>
> Using separate locations won't help me with that, will it?
>
> R.
>
> > Dale
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > *From:* news on behalf of Robin Bowes
> > *Sent:* Fri 9/16/2005 2:43 PM
> > *To:* users@subversion.tigris.org
> > *Subject:* svn with apache
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've just in the process of setting up an svn repository to be
> > accessible over the web using apache2.
> >
> > I've got a couple of minor niggles that I'd like to sort out.
> >
> > 1. I get the following message when apache starts:
> >
> > [Fri Sep 16 22:30:14 2005] [warn] module dav_svn_module is already
> > loaded, skipping
> >
> > [Edit: Solved it. Looks like dav_svn_module is built-in to my apache
> > version so I don't need to load it as a modile]
> >
> > 2. I've succesfully set up apache to serve repositories like this:
> >
> > http://svn.robinbowes.com/svn/project1
> > http://svn.robinbowes.com/svn/project2
> > etc.
> >
> > What I'd like to do is lose the additional "svn/" in the URL and be able
> > to view my repositories like this:
> >
> > http://svn.robinbowes.com/project1
> > http://svn.robinbowes.com/project2
> > etc.
> >
> > I tried simply changing the Location directive as follows:
> >
> > from <Location /svn>
> > to <Location />
> >
> > And this works, in that http://svn.robinbowes.com/project1 works OK but
> > if I browse to http://svn.robinbowes.com I see the following message in
> > my browser:
> >
> >
> > This XML file does not appear to have any style information
> > associated with it. The document tree is shown below.
> >
> > -
> > <D:error>
> > <C:error/>
> > <m:human-readable errcode="2">
> > Could not open the requested SVN filesystem
> > </m:human-readable>
> > </D:error>
> >
> > Furthermore, I'd like to use a custom stylesheet and if I change the
> > location to "/" then the listings are unable to find their style sheets.
> >
> > Any ideas how I fix these two issues?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > R.
>

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