Drupal 6 Single site project setup

Create MySql database

TBD

Copy sites/default/default.settings.php to settings.php

Set up Drupal

Create sites/all/modules

Add modules with drush

cd sites/all/modules
drush dl <module name> <module name> <module name> --package-handler=cvs

Create the repository and the initial directories.

svnadmin create /svn/<project name>
svn mkdir -m "Initial project roots" file:///svn/<project name>/trunk file:///svn/<project name>/branches file:///svn/<project name>/tags

Make sure apache has access

chown -R www-data /svn/myproject

Import the files

Click here for a more detailed procedure

If you are on the same server where the repository is then

svn import htdocs file:///svn/<project name>/trunk -m"Initial import"

from another box

svn import htdocs svn+ssh://<user name>@myhost.com/svn/<project name>/trunk -m"Initial import"

 Nuke the directory

rm -rf htdocs/ 

Check out

If you are on the same server where the repository is then

svn checkout file:///svn/<project name>/trunk

from another box

svn checkout svn+ssh://<user name>@myhost.com/svn/<project name>/trunk
-- or --
svn checkout --username <user name> http://svn.mydomain.com/svn/<project name>/trunk

Rename

mv trunk htdocs

Go to admin/reports/status and check files permissions.

Add settings.php to ignore list to keep local configuration

Save settings.php

svn --force delete settings.php
svn commit -m"removed settings "

Copy back settings.php

svn propedit svn:ignore ./<site directory>

This will bring up the editor.  Add settings.php and save.