On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 15:54, Paul Williams<paul.williams_at_uwex.edu> wrote:
> How to properly commit to a registry when users use sftp to alter a
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> checked-out repository?
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> Here is what we are attempting to do:
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> We have subversion repositories set up on a central unix server and have
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> checked out a repository to a location that users can access via sftp.
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> This location will be located on windows server
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> so the unix system is mounting a windows system via cifs.
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> The plan is for users to be able to edit, add, and delete files and possibly
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> directories within this sftp location. Then periodically, (perhaps hourly),
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> we would like to automaticlly commit any changes that were made to
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> this checked out location back to the repository. Primarily,
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> so we can recover data if someone makes an error.
How do you connect a set of changes back to an individual person?
> If a user edits or add a file (or directory), it appears we can use
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> cd $DIR/$1
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> /usr/bin/svn add * --force
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> /usr/bin/svn commit -m "`date`"
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> /bin/chown -R apache.apache /data/svn/$1
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> However, I have not been able to come up with a method
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> that will automatically handle deletion of files or directories.
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> If a file is deleted, it doesn't get propogated to the repository.
I think svn_load_dirs.pl will handle what you're trying to do, but I
encourage you to re-think this whole process. You've effectively
removed accountability and auditing from your repository by not tying
each commit back to an individual person. You're also exposing
yourself to the risk of losing changes or changes being clobbered by
various users over the course of that hour between commits.
What prevents you from using a conventional SVN workflow (each user
checks out to their workstation, makes changes, and commits)?
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Received on 2009-08-04 22:09:03 CEST