Configuring Subversion on a Red Hat System

Question

I am new to the world of versions, but I would like to introduce Subversion to our small development team, as we find that more and more we are working on the same projects / files. Basically, we specify PHP in a LAMP (Red Hat Enterprise) environment.

What I'm looking for are some starting points that will help me get started and run, such as the installation / configuration guides for Red Hat. I use Dreamweaver CS3 (I see that Subversion functions will be introduced in CS4 ), so I would like to look at other PHP IDEs with Subversion integration, do you have any preferences? I am open to suggestions.

Answer 1

It depends on which version of RHEL you are using. Setting up Subversion in general is very simple, you just need to install the binaries and run svnserve or adapt the Apache configuration.

• Get: http://subversion.tigris.org/getting.html
• Install it
• svnadmin create --fs-type=fsfs

After that, you have a repository that you can serve through apache or svnserve. I can recommend Apache because it scales better, is easier to maintain, and allows you to access the repository through DAV.

Examples of configurations are given here: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.0/ch06s04.html

Answer 2

Installing subversion is probably not the hardest part, what will be the hardest part is how you access the repository. There are many options (file sharing on the network, disruptive transmission via SSH via http-connection). Each has its own professional and console. How are you developing now? If you all use the same webroot, for example, version control will not help, since you will still change each other's files, so you will have to create separate sites for each developer.

As for the IDE, there is a lot of shell integration for Windows in the form of TortoiseSVN , which will still allow you to work with your favorite tools and still have easy access to SVN features.

Answer 3

On an RHEL system, the easiest way to install subversion is to use yum:

yum install subversion

Answer 4

This is good for Linux + Subversion:
http://articles.slicehost.com/subversion
Plus it comes in several repositories, WebDAV and many other things. Useful for Windows developers, as most of the information can be used on Windows as well.