Set Subversion root directory for access via svn+ssh

Question

I'm having trouble setting Subversion's root folder for repositories. The path has gotten pretty long and I'd like to shorten it to "/".

We currently access Subversion from clients via:

svn+ssh://server.domain.com/Library/Subversion/Repositories/project/trunk

and would like to shorten URL to:

svn+ssh://server.domain.com/project/trunk

I've tried:

server:~ admin$ svnserve -r /Library/Subversion/Repositories
You must specify exactly one of -d, -i, -t or -X.
Type 'svnserve --help' for usage.

I've also tried the -t flag since access via ssh it technically tunneling:

server:~ admin$ svnserve -t -r /Library/Subversion/Repositories/
( success ( 2 2 ( ) ( edit-pipeline svndiff1 absent-entries commit-revprops depth log-revprops partial-replay ) ) )

but I get that criptic response and the cursor waiting as if it's expecting more input?!?

Anyone know how to set this?

Answer 1

The Subversion documentation says this about the -t flag:

This flag is automatically passed for you by the client when running over a tunnel agent such as ssh. That means there's rarely any need for you to pass this option to svnserve.

I think you're probably looking just to run the server as a daemon:

svnserve -d -r /Library/Subversion/Repositories/