My Ubuntu server has Apache and Subversion installed. I use this server as a staging server, purely for testing purposes. I use Apache to host the web application, and Subversion to keep versioned copies of the source code.
My current workflow:
- Make changes to a file
- Commit the file to the Subversion repository
- Upload the file new over SFTP to the Apache public directory
- View the changes in my web browser
I would be much happier if my workflow was like this:
- Make changes to a file
- Commit the file to the Subversion repository
- In the background, Subversion puts a copy of the committed file into the Apache public directory
- View the changes in my web browser
I have very little server admin experience, and any help or pointers are appreciated. I heard that post-commit hooks are what I need, and that I can write bash scripts to do this, but I’m not sure where to start and didn’t really find anything after quite a lot of Googling.
Thank you!
The ‘official’ answer is here.
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