# SVN & Capistrano **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [May 20, 2007, 6:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/svn-capistrano/104595 "2007-05-20T06:33:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![seanstewart](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@seanstewart](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/seanstewart)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 6:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/svn-capistrano/104595/1 "2007-05-20T06:33:54Z")
I have my svn repository set up locally and working properly. I followed the instructions for local SVN deployment w/ capistrano ([Wolfmans Howlings](http://blog.wolfman.com/articles/2006/12/06/a-capistrano-scm-module-) for-local-svn-access). I am able to connect to my server, however, it doesn’t put anything in the releases folder. Why is this? Also, in deploy.rb I set the repository to: file:///User/myusername/svn/myapp/trunk - but what I don’t understand is where the trunk folder is. I created it setting up my svn repository but the only folders that appear in my myapp folder are - conf,dav,db,hooks,locks. I guess I don’t understand how all this works. It would be great if there was a tutorial for absolute beginners explaining every little step. ---
**Author:** ![seanstewart](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@seanstewart](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/seanstewart)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 10:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/svn-capistrano/104595/2 "2007-05-20T10:21:11Z")
Hi Sean, The files you mention are the db of svn - your development is stored in this db (but obviously not visible as files). To access your files, you need to check out a working copy, work on that, and then commit your changes so it is stored in the db again. I suggest you read the introduction on svn: [http://svnbook.red-bean.com/](http://svnbook.red-bean.com/) cheers, Elise