How does svnserve serve up multiple repositories?

Question

Hi,

I had svnserve configured to look at directory "Foo" for the repository it served. Now I changed the configuration from one repository to multiple repositories, all contained in one directory "Bar". I reconfigured svnserve to look at "Bar", but now my client can't find any repositories. What am I doing wrong? Do I need one service for each repository?

Thanks, Miel.

Answer 1

Did you configure your client to use svn://svn-server/Foo ? (Assuming Foo and Foo2 are repositories in directory Bar, which you're serving)

Since you're serving "Bar" now ("svnserve -r /repositories/Bar" instead of "svnserve -r /repositories/Bar/Foo") you should make a change on your client-side repository URL.

Another solution would be to fire up multiple SVN servers with different ports using the --listen-port parameter. That would also change your URL.

Yet another alternative is just adding new projects to your single existing repository; note that you'll have a single repository configuration this way -- and that means a single set of users, simpler access control, etc.

Answer 2

This documentation about svnserve may also come in handy for ya.

Answer 3

Take a look to svn switch --relocate. That should help you to update the repository path.