 !!!Things to remember for the svn conversion

The purpose of this file is to function as a memo aid for the ones of us who will assist our collegues in the transition aftermath.

Read the [documentation|docu-svn-user.html].


!!Procedure

Check whether you have a new enough svn:

* svn --version

The version should preferably be at least 1.4 (but earlier versions ought to work, and 1.3 does work)

The checkout command is:

svn co https://gtsvn.uit.no/repos/trunk gtsvn

Copy existing non-cvs-files (in the cvs dev catalogues to the corresponding svn)


!!Placement of the svn catalogue

We here assume it is {{$HOME/gtsvn/}}.

Some of us have other systems. Thus, in all our scripts, we operate with an alias {{GTHOME}}. We urge all to put the line

export GTHOME=~/gtsvn

in their {{.bashrc}} file (or any other address than gtsvn if you would prefer that). In that way we have a flexible system.

!! .bashrc-file

# The paths of the type $HOME/gt etc. should be changed to $HOME/gtsvn/gt etc
# The lo, osmj, etc. aliases must be corrected, e.g. so that ~/gt must be ~/gtsvn/gt
# The up alias must be corrected, e.g.
## alias up="cd $HOME/gtsvn/ && svn up"
# Some paths in .emacs must be corrected:
## (load "~/gtsvn/gt/script/emacs/namelex")
## (load "~/gtsvn/gt/script/emacs/correct")
# The makefiles in st must get updated script cat reference
# The dict/../src catalogues must have their *.sh executable
# All files in the gt/script must be executables.

!!Password

All users have received a password. It will be used once, and changing it is thus not that crucial. If someone wants a password to remember, they may have it changed by a superuser:

{{{
htpasswd -m /etc/subversion/svn-auth-file sally
New password: *******
Re-type new password: *******
Adding password for user sally
}}}


!!Commands

Most commands are familiar from cvs:

* svn up (note that this only updates, it does not tell anything abot local M status)
* svn ci -m "Log message" filename
* svn log filename

Then there are new commands. The most important is:

* svn status = command to check for status (local and central modifications, will list all and only modified files)
** svn status has two modes:
*** one fast, without network access - it will check only whether you have modified files locally: {{svn status}}
*** one slower, __with__ network access - it will also check against the repository: {{svn status -u}} (-u as in Update, to check whether an Update is needed)

And remember the svn book!