Re: UNS: updating a remote copy of SVN

On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 10:06:32 +0000, Peter Schuck wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to know if it is possible to ssh tunnel or somehow update a
> remote copy of my subversion tree. I've checked the FAQ and I know that
> you can just start up an remote shell on the machine, but the problem I
> have is a bit more complex
>
> I have three machines:
>
> A - which maintains the a remote subversion tree

(I assume that to mean 'the svn server'.)

> B - A cluster where I would like to do some development but cannot see A
> C - A machine which can see both A & B
>
> How can I use C to update the subversion archive on B from A?

Depends on how you access svn. Assuming http:// and that you can
use that from C.

On C:

C > ssh B -R 8080:A:80
B > svn checkout http://localhost:8080/path/to/repo wcname

> Firewalls stink!

The real stink is that you may break some company policy using this method
(though improbable).

Andreas

-- 
"Totally trivial. Famous last words."
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@*.org>
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:29:21 -0800