Re: Local Repo

Hi David,

I just noticed that you have four slashes on the beginning of your URL. Only three are needed for file-local URLs. FYI, file-local URLs look like this:

        file://localhost/path/to/file

Since "localhost" is assumed if missing, you can shorten it to this:

        file:///path/to/file

If you put "//" a the beginning of the file-path, you are specifying an absolute path rather than a relative path. But, since file URLs generally start from the root directory anyway you end up with the same object.

        file://localhost//path/to/file

degenerates to

        file:///path/to/file

-Joseph

On Sep 25, 2014, at 8:47 AM, jblist_at_icloud.com wrote:

> First, I wouldn't run svn as root like you are with 'sudo'. Instead, change the ownership of your repo so that you have write access.
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> Your command was trying to import 'cashier.cpp' into the repository as the name 'repos'. You need to do this instead:
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> svn import -m "initial import" cashier.cpp file:////usr/local/svn/repos/cashier.cpp
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> Import is usually used to bring a whole tree of files into a repository in one shot. Import does not create a working copy, so you will need to subsequently check out to begin using svn to track changes to your file.
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> On Sep 25, 2014, at 8:41 AM, David Lowe <doctorjlowe_at_earthlink.net> wrote:
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>> Greetings
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>> I'm trying to set up a local repository for my schoolwork. The book doesn't seem to have many examples with this type of setup, so i seem to be stumbling a bit. First off, this part seemed to go okeh:
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>> $ sudo svnadmin create /usr/local/svn/repos
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>> But then this bit doesn't:
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>> $ sudo svn import -m "initial import" cashier.cpp file:////usr/local/svn/repos
>> Password:
>> svn: E150002: Path 'file:///usr/local/svn/repos' already exists
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>> How should i be going about this?
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>> sent from Mountain Lion
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Received on 2014-09-25 17:59:25 CEST