Subversion: is it possible to commit local revisions without pushing them, and push them at a later date - or is the lack of this feature why it's called 'centralized' ?

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Sometimes you may want to create a local copy without any of those.svn directories, e.g. To create a zipped tarball of your source. Read the section called “Exporting a Subversion Working Copy” to find out how to do that. May 25, 2011  Creating SVN trunk within current repository. If you're using command-line SVN, you need to create the directory using the 'svn mkdir' and move the files using 'svn move'. Don't try to do the creates and the moves with OS commands - SVN won't know that you've done it.

Adrian PanasiukAdrian Panasiuk

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It is not possible to do local commits with Subversion.

This is because, as a centralized version control system, your local working copy does not have all the information the server has about past revisions, log entries, etc. which it would have had if it was a Distributed Version Control System (DVCS).

A subversion working copy contains a copy of all files as they were checked out so you can revert changed files without contacting the server.

If you really want to do local commits you should have a look at SVK, which is built on top of Subversion and provides DVCS like features.

userarturharturh

Much of the above has become somewhat obsolete, and since this question comes up as a hit in a google search for 'svn local commit' here's an update:

Consider using the package 'git-svn' (along with 'git-gui' if you don't know git) to make local commits both possible and easy, with full remote SVN integration. A decent overview/tutorial/use-case is here. I've just started using this process with Sourceforge projects, so I can't yet report any problems. Be sure to get the Authors file right!

EDIT: Updated link. Thanks, hdl!

BobCBobC

You could do such a thing so if you interface the SVN Server with a GIT or Mercurial Bridge. Since GIT and Mercurial are able to do local Commits you could then use them like that. Maybe check out git-svn or something similiar (I remember there being a bazaar-svn but not sure).

That is why it is called centralized. You could try using a repo inside a repo. One is local and the other is remote. You then commit the entire inner repository to the remote.

Manuel FerreriaManuel Ferreria

As others have said, no.

I would strongly recommend trying to use anything remotely janky with svn.

I haven't used SVK enough to recommend against it, it seemed nice enough. However I am skeptical of using anything built on top of SVN for an entire project without anything breaking. I have use SVN enough to know that even regular work cycles can toast it if you're not careful.

We use SVN at work. I have been using bzr and bzr-svn to do all my interaction with and it works wonderfully. My workflow is something like:

$ bzr branch file:///var/svn/project ~/project

(hack, hack, hack)

$ bzr commit -m 'commit log'(repeat)

when I'm ready

$ bzr push

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Yes, instead of updating you have $ bzr merge and commit change (possibly shelving what you are working on) but local commits are a very nice thing, and shelving is too (shelving is like revert with a save)

I think git handles this as well. I've heard it is not as complete as bzr-svn, but I can not corroborate that.

But using a DVCS with a svn repository is a good way to go!

jskulskijskulski

Further to BobC's answer, for mercurial you would use hgsubversion.

SethSeth

No! git however can do this, and you can use git-svn tokeep in sync with the original repository.

Rhythmic FistmanRhythmic Fistman

To get the best of both worlds, SVK was built on top of Subversion, but maintaining local state so you can do local commits..

StoborStobor

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i want to move my local repository to http but i couldn't create or move repository. How can i do it? I am using tortoise svn.

Thanks..

bilalbilal

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Tortoisesvn Create Local Copy

Actually i don't understand 'move local repo to http', http is a protocol, http deamon/server can serve files over network (using http protocol).

So I understand that you'd like to have your svn repo content available over http, am i right?Tortoise is just svn repo client.So you have to have, repository server.ie. apache + svn modules.

Here I've googled some tut:http://www.howtoforge.com/apache_subversion_repository

Edit:

create root repo on your ie. linux machine using:

svnadmin create

If you want HTTP use apache servermanual http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.0/ch06s04.htmlI won't copy it, since it's step by step howto.

Simpler solution without apache (then you'd use URL's and its internal protocol)set up your server using:

svnserve -d -r /usr/local/repositories

now you could write some access rights on your repo in config filesand access:

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svn checkout svn://host.example.com/project1

Complete manual manI won't copy it, since it's step by step howto.

buabua

If the remote machine is a Microsft machine try VisualSVN Server.If you are the only user and don't want to use a server, try it like described here

Good luck :)

See my question on SF: https://serverfault.com/questions/96113/read-only-svn-on-apache2-under-windows there you will find example of Apache configs to setup SVN repo over http

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abatishchevabatishchev

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