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= Methods for developing web sites using Subversion for revision control =

We're doing more web development work at MF/PL under revision control.  [http://svn.tigris.org/ Subversion] (a.k.a. `svn`) is a convenient tool for this, and we have a central `svn` repository ([source:trunk which you can browse through the web]), so it's a convenient choice.

This page attempts to document current practices for using `svn` at MF/PL.

== Starting a new project ==

''FIXME: describe how to set up a section of the repository for a new project and get started with a local working directory''

== Publishing a project the first time ==

''FIXME: describe how to publish the first version of a project on one of the MF/PL public web servers''

== Updating a project ==

''FIXME: describe how to "push" changes to a live site.''

== Retrieve Most Recent Tag ==

To get the url for the revision directoy, go into the working directory on your computer and do

{{{
svn info
}}}

You'll get something like this:

{{{
svn+ssh://lsntap@svn.mayfirst.org/trunk/lsntap.org
}}}

Then you use the above url with "tag" which is a sub-dir at the same level as trunk.

{{{
 svn ls svn+ssh://lsntap@svn.mayfirst.org/tag
}}}

And all the latest tags will show.