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Re: emacs + subversion + newbie = trouble ??
From: |
William Case |
Subject: |
Re: emacs + subversion + newbie = trouble ?? |
Date: |
Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:57:48 -0400 |
Thanks Patrick:
That's all I needed. I see were it is going and what I have to do.
If something doesn't work for me, at least I have an idea of where to
look.
I sincerely appreciate the time you took to answer my question. Sorry
for the top posting but there wasn't a "thank you" reference point in
the text of the message.
On Wed, 2007-03-21 at 17:24 +0100, Patrick Drechsler wrote:
> William Case <billlinux@rogers.com> writes:
>
> > I want to use emacs as my text editor with subversion. How do I set it
> > up and get started? What has to be in my ~/.emacs, what mode am I
> > looking for?
> >
> > I think I have done my due diligence with subversion tutorials,
> > emacswiki, emacs info, man etc. yet I find myself sitting here looking
> > at a blank emacs frame, scratching my head and saying to myself "What
> > button do I push first?".
> >
> > So, please, someone help me at the most basic level get started using
> > subversion + emacs .
>
> I normally do the initial import and first checkout from the command
> line. Here is a short instruction (just replace all ssh stuff with
> file:// if your server and client are on the same machine):
>
> ,----
> | *** Setting up a SVN repository and importing files:
> |
> | Example of putting my "texmf-local" tree under svn (replace the term
> | "texmf-local" with your directory of choice):
> |
> | 1. Create a SVN repository: i.e. on server (=golem):
> | :cd /media/data1/mysvn_reps
> | :mkdir texmf_local
> | :cd texmf_local
> | :svnadmin create /media/data1/mysvn_reps/texmf_local
> | Now the following directories and files will be created:
> | :conf dav db format hooks locks README.txt
> | 2. Make a copy of original:
> | :cd /usr/local/texlive
> | :cp -rf texmf-local texmf-local.original
> | 3. Delete original:
> | :rm -rf texmf-local
> | 4. Create svn directories (on client):
> | :mkdir -p texmf-local/branches
> | :mkdir -p texmf-local/tags
> | :mkdir -p texmf-local/trunk
> | 5. Copy original to trunk:
> | :cp -rf texmf-local.original/* texmf-local/trunk/
> | 6. Import your repository from client (=trurl) to server (=golem); this
> | might take a while:
> | :cd texmf-local
> | :svn import /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local
> svn+ssh://patrick@golem/media/data1/mysvn_reps/texmf-local -m "initial import"
> | 7. Remove the original:
> | :cd ..
> | :rm -rf texmf-local
> | 8. Checkout the complete repository type:
> | :svn checkout
> svn+ssh://patrick@golem/media/data1/mysvn_reps/texmf-local/trunk texmf-local
> `----
>
>
> Once you have a working copy and open a file with emacs you'll see a
> SVN version number in emacs modeline.
>
> ,----
> | Emacs interface to svn (VC-mode):
> |
> | - `C-x v v': take appropriate action (ie update)
> | - `C-x v d': open dired buffer in VC-mode
> `----
>
> You'll find further usefull info in the Emacs help. Entering:
>
> C-h i d m Emacs RET m Version TAB RET
>
> brings you here:
>
> (info "(emacs)Version Control")
>
> HTH
>
> Patrick
--
Regards Bill