With the introduction of Samba, we have taken another step towards computer backup, sharing and sync bliss.  And while a Samba share greatly improves life by providing shared access to files, it is only a small part of effectively sharing and syncing.  In this article, I will introduce another major pillar of the setup: Subversion.  I will also explain how to configure your home server to act as a central subversion store which can be accessed from any computer in the house.  A separate article will describe why you should care and how you can effectively leverage Subversion’s power.  This article builds on steps taken in Part 1 of this series where we have already downloaded and installed the software needed for a functional Subversion setup.  In this article, we will take a look at how to configure it.

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Anyone who has worked on a major project knows the panic of losing their work.  It happens for reasons that are too numerous to count; even to the most organized, disciplined and obsessive.  A hard drive goes bad, the work doesn’t get saved or it might accidently be overwritten in a careless moment.  While some of these setbacks are inevitable frustrations of the Wordsmith, they don’t have to be.  In this, the first of a two articles, we will look at one solution that can greatly simplify a writer’s life: Subversion.

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