How can I setup the permissions in Linux so that two users can update the same SVN working copy on the server?

Question

My server has both Subversion and Apache installed, and the Apache web directory is also a Subversion working copy. The reason for this is that the simple command svn upda

Answer 1

I would set up svnserve which is a simple Subversion server using the svn:// protocol. You can set this up so it runs under its own user account, then the repository would only be accessed by that one user. This user could then have the correct privileges to run svn update /server/staging on a post-commit hook.