RE: Subversion on a SMB-Share

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> From: Seb.ADIO_at_gmx.de [mailto:Seb.ADIO_at_gmx.de]
> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 11:29 AM
> To: users_at_subversion.tigris.org
> Subject: Subversion on a SMB-Share
>
> Dear list,
>
> I should set up a subversion system on a network share (access by about
> 5 users). As I read in various documentations it should never be done
> with Berkley databases.
>
> But using a FSFS-repository with a network share is possible (Redbean-
> Tutorial). In the same document, it is recommended in the section "The
> Apache HTTP Server" to don't du so, because it "removes and layer of
> protection against the file system" (http://svnbook.red-
> bean.com/en/1.4/svn-book.html, seee below)
>
> I know that the users are able to operate on the file system and be
> able to modify or delete files. But, it is a team of about 5 members.
> Has anybody of you experience or problems using a network share. I
> think, that especially corrupted network connections, file system
> permissions and multiple accesses can lead to problems because the
> system is accessed in the context of different users at the same time
> or has subversion a mechanism to avoid them?
>
> The problem is that we need a version management and setting up a
> server infrastructure can not be realized in the short of time.
>
>

I assume you're using file:// to access the repository via the samba mount?

Just start an 'svnserve' process on the subversion server and have the clients access the repository via svn://server/repos. Svnserve is easy to setup and doesn't carry the oh-so-minor risk of 'corrupting your repository and having no one else to blame but yourself for ignoring the documentation and deliberately making it easy to shoot you and your team in the collective foot, resulting in a loss of code, of time, and maybe even a job to two.' =P

Setting up svnserve is in chapter six of the redbook, IIRC.

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