# Svn and ruby structure **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [March 10, 2006, 12:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/svn-and-ruby-structure/79281 "2006-03-10T00:12:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![craigrails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@craigrails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/craigrails)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 12:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/svn-and-ruby-structure/79281/1 "2006-03-10T00:12:17Z")
I just set up svn and did a checkout. When I set up the repository, I did an import of the entire base directory of the rails application which was great because it allowed me to do a checkout on to my computer with everything. Of course, now on my home computer, I’ve got a changed database.yml and environment.rb and the log files (because I’ve been running a copy on my home system), and I would suspect that I really only want app and public directories (though the doc and plugins would be nice to manage with svn). I am not at all familiar with svn. I’ve changed some view code and some controller code and I don’t want to ‘commit’ until I’ve protected some of the other files. Is it better to just create separate repositories for app and public directories or is there a way to tell svn to exclude config, root level, and log folders while keeping the whole enchilada? I ask because as I’m reading the [svnbook.red-book.com](http://svnbook.red-book.com) stuff, nothing is jumping out at me. Craig ---
**Author:** ![craigrails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@craigrails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/craigrails)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 12:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/svn-and-ruby-structure/79281/2 "2006-03-10T00:24:22Z")
check in two database.yml files: config/database.yml.home config/database.yml.vps Then, in each environment, symlink to the correct version. You’ll also likely want to investigate svn:ignore to prevent Subversion from continuously reminding you of the symlink. 🙂 – – Tom M. ---
**Author:** ![craigrails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@craigrails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/craigrails)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 12:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/svn-and-ruby-structure/79281/3 "2006-03-10T00:57:47Z")
You could also consider creating more database configurations in database.yml. e.g. development.home, development, test.home, test, etc… ``` Erik. ``` Tom M. schreef: ---
**Author:** ![craigrails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@craigrails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/craigrails)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 12:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/svn-and-ruby-structure/79281/4 "2006-03-10T00:30:29Z")
good - thanks… I kept looking for ‘lock’ and ‘ignore’ sounds much better. Thanks - that seems to be what I was looking for. Craig ---
**Author:** ![craigrails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@craigrails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/craigrails)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 1:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/svn-and-ruby-structure/79281/5 "2006-03-10T01:03:49Z")
Come on, Erik, that’s _too easy_. 🙂 This is a far smarter plan than what I suggested. – – Tom M. ---
**Author:** ![craigrails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@craigrails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/craigrails)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 4:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/svn-and-ruby-structure/79281/6 "2006-03-10T04:32:13Z")
2006/3/9, Craig W. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): > Is it better to just create separate repositories for app and public > directories or is there a way to tell svn to exclude config, root level, > and log folders while keeping the whole enchilada? I ask because as I’m > reading the [svnbook.red-book.com](http://svnbook.red-book.com) stuff, nothing is jumping out at me. This is a single project, hence it should be a single repository. Your post prompted me to write a large essay on Subversion usage within Rails: [http://blog.teksol.info/articles/2006/03/09/subversion-primer-for-rails-projects](http://blog.teksol.info/articles/2006/03/09/subversion-primer-for-rails-projects) Since you need help with Subversion, would you read it and tell me what you think ? Thanks ! ---
**Author:** ![craigrails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@craigrails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/craigrails)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 4:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/svn-and-ruby-structure/79281/7 "2006-03-10T04:41:15Z")
On Thu, 2006-03-09 at 22:29 -0500, Francois B. wrote: > [http://blog.teksol.info/articles/2006/03/09/subversion-primer-for-rails-projects](http://blog.teksol.info/articles/2006/03/09/subversion-primer-for-rails-projects) > > Since you need help with Subversion, would you read it and tell me > what you think ? * * * since I live in fame now on your blog…you betcha this paragraph is in there twice… * * * The most common problems Rails developers have with versioning their project are the config/database.yml file and log/ folder. Personally, I have found that doc/appdoc/ and doc/apidoc/ sometimes gets in the way. More on that later. * * * where were you 12 hours ago? You actually answered an svn question that I have asked another list since I didn’t want to bother this list with svn questions. this looks exactly like what I needed, I may even start over just to track your page and get a little cleaner with my structures at the very outset. It is awesome - I can’t give you specific critique until I step through it which may be this weekend. thanks Craig