I have a Subversion repository on my laptop in my room (windows Vista), but I want to check it out to a computer upstairs (Ubuntu Linux). I put the repository on a network share but I'm not sure how I can check it out to ubuntu.
Note that I don't have subversion server set up on my laptop, I'm just trying todo a checkout from a network directory as if it were local to this computer. What are my options?
UPDATE: Please read Stefan's warning before using file:/// against a network share.
It may not apply in your specific situation but it is a good general principle.
You can't do a checkout against a smb:// share as such; but you can mount the windows share with smbmount i.e.
mkdir /mnt/svnserver
sudo smbmount //VISTALAPTOP/subversion /mnt/svnserver -o lfs;
after that you can use it as if it were a normal file:/// repo, located under /mnt/svnserver
Do not access a repository directly on a network share! Even though you might get it to work, you eventually will end up with a completely corrupted repository.
Just set up a server (svnserve or apache) and access it that way. It's easy to set such a server up. And those five minutes you spend setting it up will keep your data safe.
If you can switch your computers' roles (the Subversion repository on your Ubuntu box), the installation is done in 10 minutes (see the instructions)
The installation is so easy it's a no-brainer. Really