Subversion for Administrators

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This course aims to extend the skills of system administrators so that they can administer Subversion repository servers and advise of best practices in the use of Subversion.

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Rapid overview of subversion useRepository Administration

  • Designing the repository directory layout
  • Using file backup systems with the repository
  • Dumping and loading repository contents
  • Berkeley DB vs. native-filesystem based repository
  • Accessing a repository server over a network
  • Using SSH and the svn protocol
  • Using HTTP / SHTTP to access the repository server via Apache WebDav and the mod_dav_svn module
  • Repository permissions
    • Apache authentication and access control

Migrating from other version control systems

  • Migrating release histories
  • Migration principles and strategies
  • Understanding the Subversion Dumpfile format
  • Migrating from CVS to Subversion using cvs2svn
  • Migrating from Perforce to Subversion
  • Overview of VCP and RevML and their use in migrating from Visual SourceSafe to Subversion
  • Apache Integration Issues
  • Authentication, authorisation and encryption
  • Compression
  • DAV autoversioning
  • Troubleshooting mod_dav_svn problems

Best Practices - Use Cases and Patterns

  • Committing changes - importance of good commit messages
  • Branching and merging
  • Working with vendor branches
  • Integration of version control with testing and integration
  • Handling releases
  • Understanding the design, implementation and possible uses of Hook Scripts
  • Integration of Subversion with other tools
  • Emacs
  • Eclipse
  • Ant
  • Integrating with Visual Studio.Net via AnkhSVN
  • Web-Based repository interfaces
    • View CVS
    • SVN::Web

Introduction to and overview of the Subversion APIs

  • Understanding the organisation and inter-relations of the SVN libraries
  • APR and Core SVN libraries
  • Client library
  • Repository access library
  • Repository library
  • Filesystem library
  • Using Subversion from Perl
  • Using Subversion from Python

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