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3.3. Access Methods
Subversion repositories can be accessed (checked out) through many different methods --on local disk, or through various network protocols. A repository location, however, is always a URL. The table describes how different URL schemes map to the available access methods.
Table 17.1. Access Methods
Schema | Access Method |
file:// | direct repository access (on local disk) |
http:// | Access via WebDAV protocol to Subversion-aware Apache2 web server |
https:// | Same as http://, but with SSL encryption |
svn:// | Access via custom protocol to an svnserve server |
svn+ssh:// | Same as svn://, but through an SSH tunnel |
In this section, we will see how to configure Subversion for all these access methods. Here, we cover the basics. For more advanced usage details, refer to the svn book3.