[darcs-users] Darcs newbie: create publicly available remote darcs repository?

[Jason Dagit]

On 4/24/06, Niki Kovacs <contact at kikinovak.net> wrote:
> Hi,
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> First question that arises: can I define a remote repository (or:
> mirror, island) on my webserver http://www.kikinovak.net, even if I
> can't install darcs there? Which means: is a "banal" webserver
> (accessible via http and/or ftp) capable to host a darcs repository? Or
> has darcs to be installed there?

If you copied a repository to the server it would be available for
others to grab with 'darcs get' but 'darcs push' will not work without
darcs on the server.  If you had some policy where you use ftp to copy
your local repository to the webserver whenever you make changes
locally then I think you might be okay.  You'd have to accept patches
via email but that is common.  There is also darcs-server which allows
patches to be submitted via cgi if I recall correctly.  This would
still require a remote darcs on the server but I don't think it would
require shell access.

I'd say try it out with your friend using ftp to copy the repo to the
server and see if you can make it work.  Maybe it will meet your needs
quite well.

Jason