creating an SVN repo

last updated 2011-06

install the subversion package, if not yet installed
create a folder to hold your repositories (if it doesn't exist), and the repository:
```
mkdir /svn
svnadmin create /svn/repo
```

set the access rights by editing the /svn/repo/conf/svnserve.conf file:

anon-access = none/read/write
auth-access = write
password-db = passwd

edit the /svn/repo/conf/passwd file, adding records for all users:
```
my_user_name = my_awesome_password
```

start the svn server, and test it:

svnserve -d
svn co svn://my.domain.com/svn/repo .

note: to be a bit safer, you might want to create user svn in the svn group, then set

chown svn:svn -R /svn
chmod go-rwx -R /svn

and then run the svn server as the svn user:

sudo -u svn svnserve -d