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By: Greg Larkin, Managing Member, SourceHosting.net,
LLC
Date: October 17, 2005
WebSVN is a excellent add-on feature for use with your Subversion repository
at SourceHosting.net. It builds on the features of the venerable
CVSweb and ViewCVS tools
and helps you monitor the changes in your repository, compare
branches and perform other tasks through a simple browser-based
interface.
Your WebSVN application is automatically secured
with SSL and authenticated against your user list defined in the
client login area of the SourceHosting.net
web site. There's no need to worry that someone else will be able
to access your repository. Once you enable
WebSVN, you can enter it directly from the client
area.
Among its features, some of the most powerful
ones that WebSVN offers are:
- Multiple RSS feeds for monitoring file and
directory changes
- Visual comparison of Subversion tags or branches
- Log message searching
- Tar ball downloads
The RSS feed feature is especially nice if you
have a desktop RSS aggregator installed, such as SharpReader (Windows
OS). You copy the RSS feed link and add it to your aggregator and
whenever a file is committed to the repository, you will be automatically
notified.
WebSVN is a free feature for SourceHosting.net
clients with Subversion repositories, so enable it and try it out
to see if you like it. It will be a useful addition to your software
development environment!
If you have questions or comments about this
article, please contact us.
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