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Setting up WebDAV for Subversion in Apache

SVN setup, first time, using Apache:

1. install mod_dav_svn:

$ yum install mod_dav_svn.i386

2. edit /etc/httpd/conf.d/subversion.conf, add:

<Location /svn>
  DAV svn
  SVNPath /var/www/svn
</Location>

Which will create an SVN-repository (WebDAV-based) location in http://yourserver/svn based on the files in /var/www/svn

3. Create SVN repository:

$ svnadmin create /var/www/svn

4. Fix permissions:

$ chown -R apache.apache /var/www/svn

5. Restart Apache:

$ /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd restart

Note: instead of using SVNPath, you can use SVNParentPath [as in: "SVNParentPath /var/www/svn"] to place mutiple svn repositories under a single DAV path.

For more info:
http://vibhu.info/tag/linux/

Last updated on 2007-09-03 02:09:45 -0800, by Shalom Craimer

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