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diff --git a/doc/client/tools/vcs.txt b/doc/client/tools/vcs.txt index fb9c33684..f21d097ff 100644 --- a/doc/client/tools/vcs.txt +++ b/doc/client/tools/vcs.txt @@ -8,8 +8,34 @@ VCS Client Tool .. warning: This tool is currently under development. -.. note: Currently, the only supported VCS is git. +.. note: Currently, the only supported VCS is git and svn. The VCS tool allows you to checkout particular revisions from a VCS repository on the client to a specified path. The tool requires the appropriate python libraries for the VCS used to be installed. + +See :ref:`server-plugins-generators-rules-vcs` for possible options. + +Example usage: + +You may want to create a `Rules/paths.xml` with the following: + +.. code-block:: xml + + <Rules priority="1"> + <Path name="/srv/bcfg2" type="vcs" + sourceurl="https://github.com/Bcfg2/bcfg2.git" + vcstype="git" + revision="cf6dfd8ca28e941b1e638ff0fa7e7a0a1ebb6a6f"/> + </Rules> + +Once the rule is created a client can reference the path from a +bundle, this path will then be populated from the repository. To +continue the above example, a file `Bundle/bcfg2.xml` might contain +this: + +.. code-block:: xml + + <Bundle name="bcfg"> + <Path name="/srv/bcfg2"> + <Bundle/> |