Net-SNMP SVN Usage Page
External documentation:
Contents
Basic Operations
Checking out the main-line code base:
svn co https://net-snmp.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/net-snmp/trunk/net-snmp net-snmp
Checking out a branch (e.g. V5-4-patches):
svn co https://net-snmp.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/net-snmp/branches/V5-4-patches/net-snmp net-snmp
Updating/Merging to the current repository version:
svn update
Seeing if your local checkout has modifications:
svn status
Seeing if your local checkout is up-to-date (without updating it):
svn -u status
Comparing your local file to the repository file:
svn diff FILE
Committing your changes (requires write access)
svn commit FILE
Repository analysis Commands
Listing what's available in the remote repository:
svn list https://net-snmp.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/net-snmp/tags/
Figuring out who modified a line in a file (cvs annotate):
svn blame FILE
Tagging and branching
Creating a tag:
svn copy https://net-snmp.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/net-snmp/trunk/net-snmp https://net-snmp.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/net-snmp/tags/Ext-5-5/net-snmp
Creating a branch:
svn copy https://net-snmp.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/net-snmp/trunk/net-snmp https://net-snmp.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/net-snmp/branches/V5-5-patches/net-snmp
Tricks and Tips
Creating a partial checkout (top down approach)
(this was found on the GCC SVN setup page):
Start by checking out the svn repository:
svn co https://net-snmp.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/net-snmp/
Then replace any unneeded parts with some nice and fairly empty directory:
svn switch https://net-snmp.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/net-snmp/trunk/net-snmp/win32/bin net-snmp/historic svn switch https://net-snmp.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/net-snmp/trunk/net-snmp/win32/bin net-snmp/tags
The main disadvantage of this approach is that it involves downloading the full SVN repository (which is fairly large!), before removing the unwanted elements
This disadvantage can be somewhat worked around by noting that nothing prevents you from aborting the checkout of unwanted parts before they are complete, switch them away without ever downloading them, and then continue the checkout.
Creating a partial checkout (bottom up approach)
Alternatively, check out the portions that you're actually interested in:
svn co https://net-snmp.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/net-snmp/trunk svn co https://net-snmp.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/net-snmp/branches
then create a suitable top-level SVN configuration. The simplest way to do this is to copy an existing '.svn' directory:
cd trunk tar cf - .svn | (cd .. ; tar xf -) cd ..
Then tweak this top-level copy as follows:
edit the file '.svn/all-wcprops' and delete the string "/trunk"
edit the file '.svn/entries', delete the string "/trunk",
replace the string "module-templates" with "trunk",
replace the string "net-snmp" with "branches",
delete the section referring to "htdocs"
Always lie to your computer - make sure it knows who's the boss!
-- darix: NEVER EVER EDIT FILES IN THE ".svn" DIRECTORY.
Creating partial checkout using externals
svn externals can be easily used to create partial checkouts.
with dummy local repo
Within a local repository (or any repository you have write access to, really):
svnadmin create /srv/svn/repos/net-snmp-dummy svn co file:///srv/svn/repos/net-snmp-dummy net-snmp svn propedit svn:externals net-snmp 5.1 https://net-snmp.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/net-snmp/branches/V5-1-patches/net-snmp/ 5.2 https://net-snmp.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/net-snmp/branches/V5-2-patches/net-snmp/ 5.3 https://net-snmp.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/net-snmp/branches/V5-3-patches/net-snmp/ 5.4 https://net-snmp.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/net-snmp/branches/V5-4-patches/net-snmp/ trunk https://net-snmp.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/net-snmp/trunk/net-snmp/ svn ci -m 'add externals' net-snmp svn up net-snmp
Note that if you have existing checkouts, you can simply copy them into the local repo net-snmp checkout, instead of downloading them again.
With remote repo
Preparation:
svn mkdir https://net-snmp.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/net-snmp/workspaces/
Per user:
svn mkdir https://net-snmp.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/net-snmp/workspaces/username svn co https://net-snmp.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/net-snmp/workspaces/username/ net-snmp svn propedit svn:externals net-snmp 5.1 https://net-snmp.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/net-snmp/branches/V5-1-patches/net-snmp/ 5.2 https://net-snmp.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/net-snmp/branches/V5-2-patches/net-snmp/ 5.3 https://net-snmp.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/net-snmp/branches/V5-3-patches/net-snmp/ 5.4 https://net-snmp.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/net-snmp/branches/V5-4-patches/net-snmp/ trunk https://net-snmp.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/net-snmp/trunk/net-snmp/
Afterwards you can run
svn up net-snmp
and get the desired subset.
Creating partial checkout with SVN 1.5
Following commands create new checkout with trunk and 5.5 branch with SVN 1.5 or later.
Check out bare net-snmp directory:
svn co --depth empty https://net-snmp.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/net-snmp
Check out full trunk:
svn up --set-depth infinity net-snmp/trunk
For branches, let's check out just 'branches' directory, without subdirectories:
svn up --set-depth immediates net-snmp/branches
And check out only the branches you want:
svn up --set-depth infinity net-snmp/branches/V5-5-patches
You do not need to use --set-depth commands after this initial checkout. All SVN commands work there without any limitation, no hacking around is needed.
