Question

I’m currently working with a remote svn server. However sometimes I have to work offline (because the remote server is on a closed network there is no connection to internet). What I want to do is to copy the svn server to my local server (a.k.a my Laptop).

I should probaly setup a local subversion server (as mentioned here: http://www.subversionary.org/howto/setting-up-a-subversion-server-on-ubuntu-gutsy-gibbon-server)

However what should I do to copy the remote subversion server to my local laptop? I mean a simple svn checkout is not what I want. I want a replicate of the remote server, but it should be running in my own laptop server.

Actually think of moving(copying) the subversion server to another location. I just don’t know where to begin. Any keywords or how to begin explanations would be helpful.

Also note, that I can commit and checkout from the svn server, but I probably don’t have any administrator rights to acces the remote servers shell,etc..

Answer 1

If you only can access the remote subversion repository via the subversion protocol, you can still use svnsync to create a copy of the repository:

svnadmin create /tmp/svn
ln -s /bin/true /tmp/svn/hooks/pre-revprop-change
svnsync init file:///tmp/svn https://svn.example.org/svn/my-project
svnsync sync file:///tmp/svn
rm /tmp/svn/hooks/pre-revprop-change