#svn+ssh url examples: svn+ssh://ssh-user@your-remote-svn-server-ip/os-path-to-svn-repository/project-name svn+ssh://root@adrhc.go.ro/i-data/SVN-Repository/image-processor svn+ssh://root@adrhc.go.ro/i-data/SVN-Repository/image-processor/trunk #starting svn server #path-to-svn-repository: the value for -r svnserve's option svnserve -d -r path-to-svn-repository --log-file /ffp/log/svnserve.log #ssh-user will also be used as the Author when commiting to SVN #You'll have to use Putty pageant for authentication or #you'll be asked for password many times (for any ssh connections). #Host env var in order for Intellij IDEA to work with svn+ssh approach: set SVN_SSH="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\PuTTY\\plink.exe" #checkout to project-name directory (automatically created) svn co svn://localhost/project-name #list changes and new files svn status #list unversioned files svn status | grep ^? #list changed files svn status | grep ^M #add the patterns from .gitignore file to the svn ignore list for the current directory svn propset svn:ignore -F .gitignore . svn propedit svn:ignore . -> edit current ignore list svn propget svn:ignore # create then checkout "springboot" repository: cd ~/SVNRepoUbuntu svnadmin create springboot cd ~/Projects svn co file:///********/SVNRepoUbuntu/springboot # add recursively to svn cd ~/Projects/springboot svn add --force --auto-props --parents --depth infinity -q . svn status . # see http://superchlorine.com/2013/08/getting-svn-to-ignore-files-and-directories/ # ignore *.class *.apk and Thumbs.db in current dir svn propset svn:ignore -R "*.class > *.apk > Thumbs.db" . The > is, of course, just my shell prompts. You don’t type those in. svn status --no-ignore # format xml xmlstarlet format --indent-tab pom.xml > pom.xml1 && rm pom.xml && mv pom.xml1 pom.xml #ERROR svn commit sqlite attempt to write a readonly database #SOLUTION Make writable the rep-cache.db file from your svn-repository. # login with p12 file and cache user/password: # /****************/.subversion/servers [global] store-passwords = yes store-ssl-client-cert-pp = yes store-plaintext-passwords = yes store-ssl-client-cert-pp-plaintext = yes store-auth-creds = yes ssl-trust-default-ca = yes ssl-client-cert-file = /****************/SVNclient.p12 ssl-client-cert-password = SVNclient.p12-password-here