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Importing Subversion Repositories to Git

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0000

The following sections detail how to get different types of Subversion repositories loaded into Git.

If your Subversion repository contains several projects, each of them having their own trunk, tags, and branches directories, the following commands will help you import them into Git.

Backing Up and Restoring Subversion Repositories

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:43:41 +0000

Although you might be tempted to copy or move a live Subversion repository using traditional Unix tools like cp, you really should use the proper Subversion tools instead.

If you try to copy the repository (e.g. to do a backup), you might do so while someone else is performing a commit. If that happened, you would end up with a corrupted repository.

Using the pmade IRC Server

Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000

If you have been invited to join the pmade IRC server, this article will help get you connected and set up.

Before you can begin, you need at least two things:

Smalltalk Reference

Sat, 10 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000

FreeBSD Software RAID-1

Fri, 29 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0000

These notes are based upon the following articles:

The instructions given here are only applicable to a new operating system install. Refer to the articles above for instructions for modifying an existing installation.

Git and Large Repositories

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Import a large repository into Git and perform some testing to see how fast it really is.

The FreeBSD CVS repository was chosen because it should provide an appropriately sized code base to work from in terms of the number of files, and the overall historical data available.

Samba on Linux

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000

These notes outline using the Samba client tools to mount a SMB share on a Linux server.

Download one of the RPM packages from Enterprise Samba. You can inspect the contents of the package, and then install the package via the following commands:

Mac OS X Tips and Tricks

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Use the /Developer/Applications/Utilities/Property List Editor.app to open the Contents/Info.plist file of an application and add a new child to the root node:

More information can be found in the Apple developer Runtime Configuration Guidelines.

Mac OS X Server Command Line Administration

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Mac OS X server administration from the command line can be much faster (and cheaper) than using a GUI solution. Here are some tips to get you started.

Create a new account with administrator privileges (can use sudo):