On Aug 19, 2008, at 14:38, Robert Dailey wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 11:25 AM, Robert Dailey
> <rcdailey_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I currently have a linux server that hosts two things. A web
>> server (apache & mod_python) and a subversion server (through
>> xinetd and svnserve). I had a cute idea, but I'm not sure how to
>> go about implementing it. Basically, I want to develop my web
>> server remotely. I want my entire document root to be in a
>> repository in my subversion server. So, when I do a checkout
>> remotely, I have access to all the files on my web server and can
>> start developing right away. The tricky part, however, is forcing
>> my web server to recognize those changes. I was thinking that the
>> document root on my server would be nothing more than simply a
>> working copy checkout. I figured that somehow I could have a
>> server-side post commit hook that forces an svn update to be
>> performed on the document root's working copy, which would in turn
>> immediately force my changes to be reflected to the web server.
>> I'm pretty inexperienced with svn hooks, so if someone could show
>> me how to implement this I would appreciate it. I tried using
>> WinSCP for this, and while it does allow me to remotely edit
>> files, it's a bit frustrating and it also doesn't keep a history
>> of file changes. One other thing my subversion repository for my
>> document root would need to do is ensure proper line endings. If I
>> create new files on windows, I want them to have linux line
>> endings when they're committed, but ONLY for that specific
>> directory & sub directories in the repository. I'm not sure if a
>> post-commit hook to convert line endings can be created
>> specifically for only a folder in a subversion repository.
>
> I found this to get me started:
> http://subversion.tigris.org/faq.html#website-auto-update
>
> I'll post back if I have problems. Sorry for the trouble.
Yes, that should answer the question about how to auto-update the web
server's working copy.
As for the line endings, you will want to set the svn:eol-style
property to native on all files where you want that line ending
transformation to occur.
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