Managing Multiple Drupal Sites with SVN

Eric Marden

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svn:externals

• Create a Vendors repository

• Keep Drupal core as well as modules and themes in this repository

• Use svn:externals to pull modules into your site’s repository

• Use the -r flag in your svn:externals properties to keep modules from being upgraded automatically when they are updated in Vendors

This talk is delivered classroom style and illustrated on a white board. The top five talking points are above.

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Learn More

• Subversion http://subversion.tigris.org/

• SVN Book http://svnbook.red-bean.com/

• svn:externals http://tinyurl.com/svnexternals

• Google: http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=svn:externals

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Subversion Clients

• svn command line

• TortoiseSVN http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/

• SmartSVN http://www.syntevo.com/smartsvn/

• Versions http://versionsapp.com/

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Thank you

Eric Mardenxentek.net

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