Question: Link to existing repository on another server?

[pedwik]

We use using subversion (Collabnet Edge and with ViewVC) hosted on a Windows/IIS server, and MantisBT (ver 2.5) hosted on an Apache server, and want to hook up MantisBT to svn. Purpose: When a developer commits a change to svn, MantisBT should be notified and the ticket updated. We have installed the source integration plugins (Source, SourceSVN, and SourceViewVC). When configuring the Source plugin, there is a function "Create repository", but I do no not want to create a new repo but link to an existing. Grateful for any tips, have googled around without success.

[dregad]

The Create Repository function in the SI plugin does not actually create a VCS repo, its purpose is to record the necessary information and parameters for your existing repository. Hope this clarifies.

[pedwik]

That sounds promising, thank you. My concern was that one documentation said the data import could be very time consuming.

[bright-tools]

When you create the repository in Mantis it will go & query the actual repository for the changeset history. Depending on the number of commits to the repo, this can take a while.

[pedwik]

Since our subversion is on another server (Windows 2016) I am unclear how to set the following parameters and would be grateful for any guidance: SVN: Path to binary SVN: Command arguments SVN: Use Windows start

Also; should subversion push commit info to Mantis, or should Mantis pull it from subversion (by adding a cron job)

[dregad]

I'm afraid I can't help you much here - I haven't used SVN at all for many years... I would guess that you need to have the client installed on the MantisBT server.

should subversion push commit info to Mantis, or should Mantis pull it from subversion (by adding a cron job)

IIRC, you can do both, i.e. setup a cron with the import script, or setup a post-commit hook

[pedwik]

Can a url be entered for "SVN: Path to binary"? Our web host for the MantisBT system does not allow installation of svn client libraries on shared hosting.

[dregad]

I don't think so. You can try...

[morgant]

@pedwik It's been a while since I used SVN as well and haven't used it with SouceIntegration & SourceSVN. It doesn't hurt to try using a URL for the path to the SVN binary, but I agree that it's unlikely to work.

You mentioned installing the SVN client libraries on shared hosting. Can you install the svn client binaries (or do they already have them installed)? If so, you should be able to check out your remote SVN repo locally on your MantisBT host, automate running svn update or whatever else is necessary to keep it up-to-date, and then point your SourceSVN configuration at that local repo. If not, I'd suggest try switching to some kind of virtual/dedicated hosting instead of shared for your MantisBT server.

[dregad]

@pedwik should I infer from #241 that this issue can be closed ?

[pedwik]

Yes

[dregad]

Thanks for your feedback.