There are ruby bindings that come with subversion. There are several projects that use them, such as collaboa, bounty source, and retrospectiva. Though, none of them use it like a "database" (whatever that means), so you may have to get creative with that part.
http://collaboa.org/ https://bssvnbrowser.bountysource.com/ http://retrospectiva.org/blog
Good luck!
SVN works slightly differently than your standard database, so no. You'd need to write some kind of ActiveSubversion model subclass like ActiveRecord that works with svn. Try broadening your search to 'ruby' instead of just rails. It's highly unlikely you'll find a well tested solution, so it may be up to you to write one (or contribute to an existing project).
I just couldn't resist this one ...
ActsAsVersioned ( pun intended ) taken to a whole new level
Ivan Shusky wrote:
Thank you very much Rick.
I was just wondering if RoR can use SVN like the way it uses MySQL.
I will check the links you have provided.
cheers
What's your motivation to use SVN as a database? If it's only for versioning ability, would acts_as_versioned meet your needs?
Cheers, Mohit.
I think what Ivan means here is storing data in Subversion (like wiki pages). Google Code does this too. Wiki pages are stored in svn in / wiki, not in a database.
The idea is not to use svn for version management, but to allow developers to change wiki pages through SVN as well. I think if only versioning is what you want to achieve, acts_as_versioned is a way better (and probably faster) option.
Regards, Ariejan de Vroom http://ariejan.net
This seems like what you might be looking for. However, it is still young, so you might want to help contribute. http://www.oneofthewolves.com/2007/06/01/acts-as-subversioned-02-for-real/
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