From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 25 07:24:13 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA9641065673 for ; Sat, 25 Aug 2012 07:24:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jamie@kode5.net) Received: from kontrol.kode5.net (kontrol.kode5.net [80.229.5.32]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 209338FC0C for ; Sat, 25 Aug 2012 07:24:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kontrol.kode5.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kontrol.kode5.net (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q7P7OAfh014519 for ; Sat, 25 Aug 2012 08:24:11 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jamie@kode5.net) Received: (from jamie@localhost) by kontrol.kode5.net (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q7P7OAAB014518 for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Sat, 25 Aug 2012 08:24:10 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jamie@kode5.net) X-Authentication-Warning: kontrol.kode5.net: jamie set sender to jamie@kode5.net using -f Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2012 08:24:10 +0100 From: Jamie Paul Griffin To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20120825072410.GB14409@kontrol.kode5.net> References: <1345697446.84337.11.camel@neo.cse.buffalo.edu> <20120823225855.U33776@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <1345729674.52121.4.camel@bauer.cse.buffalo.edu> <5036497F.7020501@icarz.com> <1345736581.27688.403.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> <50384172.3090706@pingle.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <50384172.3090706@pingle.org> x-operating-system: FreeBSD 9.1-PRERELEASE amd64 x-pgp-fingerprint: A4B9 E875 A18C 6E11 F46D B788 BEE6 1251 1D31 DC38 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97.5 at kontrol.kode5.net X-Virus-Status: Clean Subject: Re: FreeBSD 9.1-RC1 Available... X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2012 07:24:13 -0000 [ Jim Pingle wrote on Fri 24.Aug'12 at 23:07:30 -0400 ] > On 8/23/2012 11:43 AM, Ian Lepore wrote: > > On Thu, 2012-08-23 at 11:17 -0400, Ken Menzel wrote: > >> > >> I found two good primers: > >> http://mebsd.com/configure-freebsd-servers/update-freebsd-source-tree-using-subversion-svn.html > >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/committers-guide/article.html#SUBVERSION-PRIMER > >> > >> The second primer in the committer handbook seems to indicate that it > >> is difficult to run an SVN mirror. This appears to me to be the > >> biggest drawback. I have been using CVS and perforce for years, but > >> subversion is new to me. > > > > It may be difficult to run an svn mirror that allows you to commit > > locally and get those changes back to the project, but running a > > read-only mirror is trivial. The script I run nightly from cron to sync > > my local mirror is: > > > > #!/bin/sh > > # > > # svnsync to pull in changes from FreeBSD to my local mirror. > > # > > svnsync sync file:///local/vc/svn/base > > > > I can't remember how I initially created and populated the mirror, but > > it's likely I grabbed a snapshot of the mirror at work and brought it > > home on a thumb drive (just to avoid initial network DL time). > > I spent a little time today setting up an SVN mirror after reading this > thread and wrote up a how-to for those looking to do the same. > > http://www.pingle.org/2012/08/24/freebsd-svn-mirror > > Comments/Flames/Corrections welcome... That's cool Jim. Certainly provides a clear explanation and simple steps.