Local SVN repository, without Apache

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In order to keep track of some local files I'm working on, I wanted to have a local SVN repository, but without the overhead of installing, configuring and running an Apache webserver.

Thanks to an article called "Creating local SVN Repository", I finally know how.

Here are the basic commands you'll need:
1) Create a folder and make it a repository for "project1":

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$ mkdir -p /home/user/repos/svn
$ cd ~/repos/svn
$ svnadmin create project1

2) Import your initial set of files:

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$ svn import /home/user/project1 file:///home/user/repos/svn/project1/trunk -m "Initial import of project1"

-- Note: From here on, you can use a graphical SVN client to work with --

3) Checkout your working copy (you don't work on the original):

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$ svn co file:///home/user/repos/svn/project1/trunk /home/user/project1_work

4) commit files and leave a log message:

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$ svn commit -m "Some log message"