Thread: svn sync web root folder

Hi! need some help regarding svn and apache, it is possible to auto sync apache root document when commit file to svn server?

All commited files will be auto copy to /var/www/html/project so when I try to browse my local web server I'll be able to see the changes I made on svn. So no need for me to sftp and ftp to apache root document.

Please let me know if this is possible... thanks...

Hello,

Are you aware of a program called viewvc? It allows you to browse/download your svn-repo from the master location.

ViewVC: Repository Browsing


Safest way to make a copy of your svn repo is to run svadmin hotcopy [repodir] [newrepodir] while no one is using the system.

Are your svn server and apache servers on the same machines?

Originally Posted by amitabh

Are your svn server and apache servers on the same machines?

yes it is on same machine... ananth_ak thanks for pointin me out on viewVC I haven't heard this I'll have take a look on it.

What I would like to achieve is that can trunk folder be set as root document of apache so that once my developer commit he's work and check our www server (on same machine) he'll be avail to see that changes he made on the fly.

In that case, look at the post commit hooks available with svn. What you basically need to do is set the document root folder as another svn client, and every time someone commits to the svn server, you use the post commit hook to call "svn update" command on your document root folder.

Originally Posted by amitabh

In that case, look at the post commit hooks available with svn. What you basically need to do is set the document root folder as another svn client, and every time someone commits to the svn server, you use the post commit hook to call "svn update" command on your document root folder.

Thanks for the reply do I need to edit post-commit.tmpl... I kind of lost here don't know where to call svn update... I've already make svn client folder on my server and make it as web root folder.

Rename post-commit.tmpl to post-commit and have the following code inside it after replacing the placeholders with values appropriate for your server environment:

Code:

#!/bin/sh
{path to svn} update {document root}  --username '{username}' --password '{password}' --non-interactive 1>&2