I've already discussed how to install <ahref="http://ariejan.net/?s=subversion">Subversion</a> and <ahref="http://ariejan.net/?s=trac">Trac</a> on your <ahref="http://ariejan.net/?s=ubuntu">Ubuntu server</a>. In my case I have a server that manages different SVN and Trac installations for a group of developers.
Creating a new SVN repository and Trac installation every time is quite boring and <em>"if you need to do it more than once, you should automate it"</em>. So, that's what I did.
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The result is the following BASH script. It takes one argument, the name of the project you want to create. E.g if you wanted to create a SVN repository and trac installation for "My Project" you would run the following command:
<pre>$ ./create_dev_env my_project</pre>
The script it self looks like this:
<prelang="bash">#!/bin/sh
echo == Creating Subversion and Trac installation for $1
echo = Creating SVN Repository...
# Subversion
cd /var/lib/svn
mkdir -p /var/lib/svn/$1
svnadmin create /var/lib/svn/$1
sed s/EXAMPLE/$1/g /usr/share/trac/contrib/post-commit > /var/lib/svn/$1/hooks/post-commit
First it creates the SVN directory in /var/lib/svn/my_project and creates repository and adds the trac post-commit hook for trac integration.
Next, it creates the trac installation in /var/lib/trac/my_project and removes all the persmission the anonymous users has. (You may want to remove these lines for open source or public projects.)
And, finally, I'm added as an administrator to the project. Make sure to replace this with you own username.
Hope you find this script useful. Any improvements are welcome, please let me know.