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How to create a Subversion repository

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How to create a Subversion repository

  1. Create a Subversion repository
    svnadmin create /var/www/svn/$repository_name
  2. Make Apache the repository group owner
    chown -hR root:apache /var/www/svn/$repository_name
  3. Allow read/write/execute commands from Apache
    chmod -R -rwxrwx--- /var/www/svn/$repository_name