Re: Getting started with subversion

On 7/14/2010 2:33 PM, Thomas Garrod wrote:
>
> My command client is Path Finder is set to "Macintosh: MyTaxes09
> TommyHome$" This is wrong, but I don't know how to change the
> directory. All tips accepted, except "get a brain" (I tried that).
>
> When I typed 'svnadmin create /ver/svn/newrepos' I got the following
> response:
>
> svnadmin: Repository creation failed
> svnadmin: Could not create top-level directory

This isn't a subversion issue. The /var/svn directory probably doesn't
exist or you don't have write access there at your operating system level.

> svnadmin: Can't create directory '/var/svn/newrepos': No such file or
> directory
> Macintosh:GraphicArt TommyHome$
>
> If someone would simple pretend that I am a 2-year old and tell me how
> to add files to the repository, I would be eternally grateful (or at
> least for a long time).

Start by creating the repository somewhere that you have write
permission. Macs go very far out of their way to keep you from learning
simple things like that, but it's not impossible. If you want to follow
your book literally, you might, as the system administrator, create the
/var/svn directory, and give ownership to yourself.

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   Les Mikesell
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