[TYPO3-dev] Subversion and TYPO3

[Christoph Moeller]

Hi all,

Steffen Kamper wrote:
> in last T3N-Magazine there is an article of an upcoming extension that 
> allows direct handling of subversion from BE like checlout etc.
> np_subversion from Network-Publishing

True. And it's nearly ready for release. We are currently beta testing 
and using it in pre-production within one large customer project.

Here's a short summary of what the extension currently features:
* tight subversion integration in the file list: overlay icons showing 
the status of files and directories (added/unversioned, modified, 
up-to-date)
* enables to svn checkout/export/update/commit by click-menu or a 
function box beneath the directory tree
* operates on single files/dirs or recursively on all svn-managed data
* concept of defineable "working copies" (svn checkout) and "export 
targets" (svn export) to be able to use the extension to do versioned 
remote on-site coding or just deploy/update from a repository
* new records: "repository URLs" and two types of "svn locations" 
(working copy, export target)
* optionally saves target-specific HTTP authentication credentials 
(f.ex. to define easily usable read-only subversion accounts)
* saves personal developer HTTP auth credentials in the BE user record 
(for full read-write svn permissions)
* handles data in fileadmin/ and typo3conf/ext/
* can backup data prior to overwriting, when exporting from repository
* commit messages with message history, defineable character encoding
* works on linux and windows
* can use HTTP proxies and other specials via /etc/subversion
* and yes: it hides .svn dirs from the file list, as well ;-)

The extension key is "np_subversion" and it's not yet available in the 
TER, but will be soon - as soon as it's done and documented. Bear with 
us, this is really complex and test-intensive stuff, and we'll do it 
thoroughly.
We will announce the availability here. Until then, there's a screenshot 
and a short news article (german only, sorry) on our page [1].

Cheers and stay tuned,
Chris

[1] http://www.network-publishing.de/subversion-extension-for-typo3

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