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Use version control for a live website [closed]

I have a live website hosted in a linux shared godaddy account. I want to start using Version Control. I also have a easyPHP localhost in my windows, where I do my development and testing. I am ...
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GIT SVN with subgit and apache

I've started evaluating a piece of software called subgit which seamlessly allows you to interface a repo with either SVN or GIT. Throughout our organization we interface our repos using apache, and ...
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Write issues on Linux Samba shares with OS X clients

Our web development company has a Linux server with a Samba share which employees use to develop websites. On the Samba share are numerous directories which serve as document roots for a webserver ...
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Migrating a simple BASH update script from SVN to GIT

We used to keep our Nagios config up to date through SVN, with users commiting their changes and a script running every 15 minutes. The script checked for updates, then checked those updates parsed ...
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Git's virtual users stored in MySQL

I have a MySQL database storing user accounts (username and password) for my website. I need to provide a publicly accessible revision control system (eg. Git) toward some source files archived on ...
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redmine repository management

We are trying to setup a redmine installation for our group which should work with both SVN and Git repos. Since we want to keep the repos on the server and avoid the whole privileges and hosting mess ...
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Migrate multiple svn repositories into single git repository

We want to migrate from svn to git permanently to be able to use git's better features in terms of branching and collaboration. Our current svn repository looks like this svnrepo/ frontend/ ...
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Use Git hooks to auto format code after pull requests or commits or pushes/pulls?

Lets say you have a Git repository, like on GitHub, and you have a lot of people contributing to the repository. Everyone uses their own standards for coding, so the code ends up being a mess without ...
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Using GIT to track changes in MDT 2012

Can I use SVN or GIT to handle version control and tracking changes for deployments built in MDT 2010/Deployment Workbench ?
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From SVN to GIT: Something similar to authz?

We currently have an SVN repository setup and want to switch over to GIT, but we're currently not sure what exact GIT setup will work for us. We're currently using SVN (w/ Authz) + Apache (w/ WebDAV ...
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from svn to git (+ LDAP + password-less updates + passworded access control)

We have an SVN setup and there are some things we dislike about it and some things we like about it. We want to move to git, but we're not sure exactly what setup will work for us. We're currently ...
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how safe are FS recovery operations?

I just needed to do a recovery of a vserver after a failed update. Because the scope of the affected files wasn't exactly known, I completely restored most directories, except /home which was not ...
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Setting up SVN server on Windows 7

Short My OS is: Windows 7 Ultimate and IDE is Netbeans. Want to work with 2-3 devs on PHP projects. After research I found that it's possible with GIT. Found this solution. But it's installing apache ...
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What is the Difference between svn and git [closed]

What are the pros and cons of git and svn. We are suppose to use a subversion systems. Any body have a idea. Thanks in advance.
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Problems with umlauts and git-svn

I've got the following problem: I checked out an GIT-repository created by tortoise-git under windows. German umlauts like "öäü" are shown as \x-Codes under my linux. That's basically no problem ...
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etckeeper implementation in subversion (SVN)

How to setup etckeeper in subversion (SVN).I get to know that etckeeper works with git , mercurial (hg) etc, but it doesn't works with subversion. I am stuck with this etckeeper implementation in ...
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Hosting multiple repositories (svn, hg, git)

I've recently acquired a dedicated server, and need to move several repositories to it from a source control hosting service. Having not much experience in server administration however I have no clue ...
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Use git for multiple server configuration files

We have migrated a lot of source code over to git and are very happy with our current solution. We would like to have our server configuration files versioned on the same system, but there are a few ...
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Migrating from SVN to GIT with all externals

I have a standard SVN repo with 4 SVN externals I want to migrate it into a GIT repo without submodules (simply add the externals into my repo), and say "bye" to SVN What is the best options on a ...
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Subversion cluster / replication / HA

What's a good way of making SVN highly available? We take backups of our Subversion server, but this is not enough, as svn is very important. We would like to implement some HA mechanmism for ...
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I have a server running Windows 2008 R2 Core and it needs to hosts either SVN or GIT

The server allocated for our cross platform projects (both Mac & PC) source repository is running Win2008R2 Core. We're really happy with its stability and we aren't interested in moving over to ...
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How to setup a bridge between SVN and GIT?

Scenario: Our Company has an SVN repo, trunk only Internally we want to use locally GIT, multiple branches with a stable branch. Every time, when we finish testing out work, and push them to stable ...
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Would You Host Source Control Server Like This?

I want to host an SVN server (or git or mercurial or whatever). I have two options: Install it on a small box sitting in the office closet, only connected to the LAN. Install it on a server at a ...
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Which platform for Trac with SVN or GIT? [closed]

I currently have a redundant machine running a version of Mitel SME Server V5 which I've never used before. In fact I have no previous experience with any flavour of unix but would like to get some. ...
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How to migrate to git from two SVN repositories?

We use SVN as our VCS, but wish to migrate to git. All is good, but a few months ago our SVN server had a serious RAID problems (so much that it became unusable) plus at the same day no IT person was ...
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Local SVN repository to git

I am in the need of converting a local SVN repository to GIT. I know how to convert a remote SVN repository to git, however, I only have the local repositories; they are no longer hosted. How would ...
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SVN Or Git Users & Permission management

Which one is better for user management, adding users to special repo and grant special permissions on them (Read or Write). SVN or GIT ?
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transparent git-svn gateway

Currently we have an subversion repository with the following layout: /trunc /group1 /proj1 /proj2 group2 /proj3 /etc.. /tags /group1 /proj1 /proj2 group2 /proj3 /etc.. /branch ...
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How to setup Secure SemiPublic Revision Control System

I have a windows server with a project configured with a revision control system. Suppose it's GIT or SVN or .... Suppose there are 10 people around the globe working on this project. The first ...
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Version Control and Backup, which combination?

I'm a sole developer and I have 3 computers. Plus a friend of mine has an account, but never uses it. My current setup is GIT + my own ad hoc backup job that clones the repository, zips it, gnupg it, ...
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is git any more or less effecient than subversion? (server load wise)

curious which source repo is more effecient in terms of using server resources, git or svn?
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Are Git or SVN coming with a memory footprint?

If you install GIT or SVN (Server Repo) on Linux, will it run any permanent processes i.e. will it leave a permanent memory footprint on my Linux server? I'm on a server where keeping down memory ...
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Which Version Control Systems support LDAP/AD users and groups

Does anyone know which of the big players (if any) support LDAP/AD users and groups for authentication AND database permissions? Specifically, I'm wondering if SVN, GIT, Mercurial etc. will allow ...
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Install libsvn With SSL Support on Ubuntu (9.04)

The subversion package which is available from the Ubuntu 9.04 repositories has a very annoying limitation which make it basically unusable for repositories hosted on https://. The accepted solution ...