Re: emacs + subversion + newbie = trouble ??

[Patrick Drechsler <patrick@pdrechsler.de>]

William Case <billlinux@rogers.com> writes:

> I want to use emacs as my text editor with subversion.  How do I set it
> up and get started?  What has to be in my ~/.emacs, what mode am I
> looking for?
>
> I think I have done my due diligence with subversion tutorials,
> emacswiki, emacs info, man etc. yet I find myself sitting here looking
> at a blank emacs frame, scratching my head and saying to myself "What
> button do I push first?".
>
> So, please, someone help me at the most basic level get started using
> subversion + emacs .

I normally do the initial import and first checkout from the command
line. Here is a short instruction (just replace all ssh stuff with
file:// if your server and client are on the same machine):

,----
| *** Setting up a SVN repository and importing files:
| 
|      Example of putting my "texmf-local" tree under svn (replace the term
|      "texmf-local" with your directory of choice):
| 
|      1. Create a SVN repository: i.e. on server (=golem):
|      	:cd /media/data1/mysvn_reps
| 	:mkdir texmf_local
| 	:cd texmf_local
| 	:svnadmin create /media/data1/mysvn_reps/texmf_local
| 	Now the following directories and files will be created:
| 	:conf  dav  db  format  hooks  locks  README.txt
|      2. Make a copy of original:
|      	:cd /usr/local/texlive
| 	:cp -rf texmf-local texmf-local.original
|      3. Delete original:
|      	:rm -rf texmf-local
|      4. Create svn directories (on client):
|      	:mkdir -p texmf-local/branches
| 	:mkdir -p texmf-local/tags
| 	:mkdir -p texmf-local/trunk
|      5. Copy original to trunk:
|      	:cp -rf texmf-local.original/* texmf-local/trunk/
|      6. Import your repository from client (=trurl) to server (=golem); this
|         might take a while:
|      	:cd texmf-local
| 	:svn import /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local svn+ssh://patrick@golem/media/data1/mysvn_reps/texmf-local -m "initial import"
|      7. Remove the original:
|      	:cd ..
| 	:rm -rf texmf-local
|      8. Checkout the complete repository type: 
|      	:svn checkout svn+ssh://patrick@golem/media/data1/mysvn_reps/texmf-local/trunk texmf-local
`----


Once you have a working copy and open a file with emacs you'll see a
SVN version number in emacs modeline.

,----
| Emacs interface to svn (VC-mode):
| 
|     - `C-x v v': take appropriate action (ie update)
|     - `C-x v d': open dired buffer in VC-mode
`----

You'll find further usefull info in the Emacs help. Entering: 

C-h i d m Emacs RET m Version TAB RET

brings you here:

(info "(emacs)Version Control")

HTH

Patrick
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