svnserve launchd item for OS X 10.4

It's not that straightforward getting svnserve to work under launchd. I can't take the credit for this but I thought it would be useful to have it here on TextSnippets.

1) Install subversion if you don't have it already. Here's how with DarwinPorts.

sudo port install subversion

2) Create your Subversion repository (for my own use, I used /Users/xyz/Repositories) e.g.

svnadmin create /Users/xyz/Repositories

3) Place the following XML into a file named org.tigris.subversion.svnserve in the /Library/LaunchDaemons directory.

        Debug
        
        GroupName
        xyz
        Label
        org.tigris.subversion.svnserve
        OnDemand
        
        Program
        /opt/local/bin/svnserve
        ProgramArguments
        
                svnserve
                --inetd
                --root=/Users/xyz/Repositories
        
        ServiceDescription
        SVN Version Control System
        Sockets
        
                Listeners
                
                        SockFamily
                        IPv4
                        SockServiceName
                        svn
                        SockType
                        stream
                
        
        Umask
        2
        UserName
        xyz
        inetdCompatibility
        
                Wait
                
        

You'll need to change xyz to your user name ...

4) Test it out by doing a

sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.tigris.subversion.svnserve

sudo launchctl start /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.tigris.subversion.svnserve

svn co svn://your.host.name/aModule/In/Your/Repository