Synchronizing SVN With an HTTPS URL

Creating a read-only mirror of a repository from a HTTPS which is in sync helps to maintain an local repo which is in sync with the global and is much faster and reliable for a group working locally. Achieving this is pretty simple,svnsync - Subversion repository synchronization tool which makes the job easier.

The idea is pretty simple, the steps followed are : 1.Setting up a mirror repository. 2.Initialize (init) the sync. 3.Synchronizing the data. 4.Making a sync job.

Setting up a mirror repository: “

Create a mirror repository

$ svnadmin create ~/test-mirror

add a commit hook

$ cat <<‘EOF’ > ~/test-mirror/hooks/pre-revprop-change

!/bin/sh

USER=“$3” if [ “$USER” = “user-name” ]; then exit 0; fi echo “Permission denied” exit 1 EOF

user-name is the desired user name

Set permissions

$ chmod +x ~/test-mirror/hooks/pre-revprop-change

Initialize (init) the sync: $ svnsync init --username $USER file://$HOME/test-mirror

Synchronizing the data: svnsync --non-interactive sync file://$HOME/test-mirror

Making a sync job:

Cron

0 2 * * * * svnsync --non-interactive sync file://$HOME/test-mirror

immediate synchronization whenever a commit is made

Add the below lines to master-repo/hooks/post-commit

svnsync --non-interactive sync mirror-url &

for log messages, append the following to master-repo/hooks/post-revprop-change

svnsync --non-interactive copy-revprops mirror-url ${REV} &