create own svn repository hosting

Question

Hey,

Since week I use ToirtoiseSVN and AnkhSVN and GoogleCode and sourceforge.net as my project hosting. For me it's frustrating to fill all this forms before create next project. So I start thinking about mu own repository hosting...

Can I use simple file hosting etc. and install there software like use Google or SourceForge to have my own SVN Server ? My point is to have independent repository in internet without all this uselessly UI interface which give me Google and SF to administrate my version control. I don't want to take advantage of already exist hosting like GoogleCode etc - I want to be independent from them! ;)

Or maybe it's other way to do my own repository hosting and FREE ;) Please don't tell me that I'm at mercy of commercial hosting... :/

p.s. If I wrote something wrong, sorry ;)

Answer 1

VisualSVN server is the easiest to get up and running

Answer 2

You can't install subversion on a standard shared web hosting package. You will need either specialized hosting that explicitly provides subversion, or rent a small (possibly virtual) server and install all the software you need on that (the most flexible solution, but also requires quite a bit of knowledge to set up securely).

Also, check out my recent question on serverfault: Affordable combined Ruby/Rails/Redmine + Subversion hosting?

Answer 3

If you have your own server, then you can simply follow a tutorial for whatever os.

I have ubuntu server and followed this tutorial https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Subversion

Answer 4

You could use a distributed version control system like Mercurial or Git. With these systems you simply create a local repository to work against.

For backup/remote access you simply upload the folder to a web storage.

Answer 5

Setting up VisualSVN, like @dr suggested, would require your own windows server to install it on (ie a cheap VPS). You can get svn running on linux and linux vps are event cheaper than windows so shouldn't be too much of a financial burden if you want to go this route.

If you want pure free, then I feel unfortunatly you will have to stick with filling out forms :-)

Answer 6

It is very easy to set up a simple subversion repository, especially if it just for you. Actually, if it is just for you, you may set up a svn repository on local disk and you do not have to setup any server. I do that sometimes for my own little projects, just to have the history of my work.

Assuming you are on Unix, you create a repository with:

svnadmin create /path/to/repo

and checkout with:

svn checkout file:///path/to/repo

Plus just a little configuration:-). Let me know if you need more details on this kind of setup.