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diff --git a/doc/server/plugins/version/svn.txt b/doc/server/plugins/version/svn.txt index a23d4d35b..7166ee89d 100644 --- a/doc/server/plugins/version/svn.txt +++ b/doc/server/plugins/version/svn.txt @@ -7,22 +7,28 @@ Svn === The Svn plugin is useful if you would like to track changes to your -bcfg2 repository using a `Subversion <http://subversion.tigris.org/>`_ -backend. It deprecates the previous Subversion integration mentioned here -at ftp://ftp.mcs.anl.gov/pub/bcfg/papers/directing-change-with-bcfg2.pdf. +Bcfg2 repository using a `Subversion <http://subversion.tigris.org/>`_ +backend. -Currently, It enables you to get revision information out of your -repository for reporting purposes. Once the plugin is enabled, every time -a client checks in, it will include the current repository revision in -the reports/statistics. +As with the other Version plugins, the Svn plugin enables you to get +revision information out of your repository for reporting +purposes. Once the plugin is enabled, every time a client checks in, +it will include the current repository revision in the +reports/statistics. -Future plans are to commit changes to the repo which are made by the -server (adding clients, ssh keys, etc). +Additionally, if the ``pysvn`` library is installed, the Svn plugin +exposes two XML-RPC method calls: -How to enable the Svn plugin -============================ +* ``Svn.Update`` updates the working copy to the latest version in the + repository. +* ``Svn.Commit`` commits any changes to the working copy back to the + repository. In order for this to work, the user Bcfg2 runs as must + be able to commit to the repository non-interactively. + +Enabling the Svn plugin +======================= Simply add Svn to your plugins line in ``/etc/bcfg2.conf``:: [server] - plugins = Base,Bundler,Cfg,..,Svn + plugins = Bundler,Cfg,Metadata,..,Svn |