1 SVN::S4 ********* This is the SVN::S4 Perl Package. 1.1 Copyright ============= This package is Copyright 2006-2017 by Bryce Denney and Wilson Snyder . This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either the GNU Lesser General Public License Version 3 or the Perl Artistic License Version 2.0. This code is provided with no warranty of any kind, and is used entirely at your own risk. 1.2 Description =============== This package adds additional Subversion support commands, similar to the P4::C4 package. These commands let you apply .cvsignore or .gitignore files, snapshot areas and cleanup ignored files. You can also create views that consist of different repository areas, and deal with them as if it was a larger checkout. 1.3 Obtaining Distribution ========================== The latest version is available at Download the latest package from that site, and decompress. 'gunzip SVN-S4_version.tar.gz ; tar xvf SVN-S4_version.tar' 1.4 Known Bugs ============== SVN::S4 viewspecs rely on some obscure features of Subversion, in that s4 needs to modify the .svn directory to create empty directories and svn externals that switch to them. This may require patching to work when new versions of Subversion are released. Other features should work with all versions of Subverion. 1.5 Supported Systems ===================== This version of SVN::S4 has been built and tested on: * i386-linux It should run on any Unix system with appropriate releases of Subversion (see above). Minor porting may be required for Windows systems. 1.6 Installation ================ 1. Before installing this module, you need the Subversion Perl library, generally part of the "subversion-perl" RPM module. 2. 'cd' to the directory containing this README notice. 3. Type 'perl Makefile.PL' to configure SVN::S4 for your system. 4. Type 'make' to compile SVN::S4. 5. Type 'make test' to check the compilation. 6. Type 'make install' to install the programs and any data files and documentation. 7. Type 's4 help' to see the command line interface.