Thank you Ed and Ryan. You provided me some ideas around this topic. I appreciated it.
On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Ed <s...@0x1b.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 10:49 AM, Phil <cwst...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Not sure if this is even possible but subversion place the ".subversion" > > directory based on your unix environment variable called $HOME. Well, on > > one server, we have specifically specify $HOME to a location that could > be > > deleted in the future. If that's the case, then there goes the > > ".subversion" information. So, can the ".subversion" directory be > backed up > > and manually move it somewhere else? I'm assuming not since the > subversion > > program is relying on the $HOME variable. If that directory every got > lost, > > what's the best approach on recovering it so that subversion can still > > function as normal. Thanks for your inputs. > > > > -Phillip > > > Keep your .subversion in a safe place and make $HOME/.subversion a > link to it (ln -s) - if $HOME goes away you only loose the link. This > will save your settings, but more importantly your credentials to any > repos you access (proxy settings too). > > add this link to the other ones you will need (like .ssh) when you > rebuild your $HOME - on your workstation. There is also a system wide > config file in /etc, but it would apply to all users of the system. >
