Chapter 9. Organizing Your Repository

In Part III, you will learn the ins and outs of administering a Subversion repository. Mostly that means repository setup, because Subversion rarely requires much maintenance after the repository is up and running. In the simplest cases, even the front-end administration is trivial—simply create a new repository and add a few lines to your Apache config files to point them to the repository’s location. Conversely, for large, complex repositories, or repositories with many users, setup can get fairly involved. If you put in the effort to use hook scripts to automate integration and policy support, setup can provide a full-time job to one or more people for a decent period of time.

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