Subversion server, with web access on ubuntu

Today I will present how to install subversion server (+ repository) with the apache module and web access protected by password.

svn: Can’t convert string from ‘UTF-8′ to native encoding

Yeah, I have this error message. “svn: Can’t convert string from ‘UTF-8′ to native encoding” when I want to do “svn checkout”. Why is that? Because of locales.

Forbidden access to ‘.svn/entries’ via nginx

You shouldn’t give an access to your ‘.svn’ directory. This flaw exposes all file names in your svn module and can also be used to download the source code of the scripts (PHP, JSP, etc…) hosted on the remote server.

Eclipse + Subclipse + SVN SSH

Download and run eclipse