This is optional. You will not need to share files or data between your VM and the host, if you checkout your SVN repo in the VM.
1 Creating a shared folder on your host
- Create a folder on the Host computer (your machine) that you would like to share, for example sharewithVM
- Start Virtualbox.
- Select Settings -> Shared Folders…
- Click the ‘Add’ button on the right side.
- Browse to and Select sharewithVM
- Optionally select the ‘Make permanent’ option
2 Prepare the folder in the VM
- Create a folder in your VM e.g. sharewithHost anywhere you want. Make sure you are in the parent directory of this directory when executing the command below.
- With a shared folder named sharewithVM, as we set up in step 1, the folder in your VM can be mounted as the directory sharewithHost with the command:
UNIX-BASED HOST (LINUX, MAC, ETC.)
sudo mount -t vboxsf -o uid=$UID,gid=$(id -g) sharewithVM ./sharewithHost
WINDOWS HOST
sudo mount -t vboxsf sharewithVM ./sharewithHost
Note that the last argument is the path to mount the dir in your VM and the second last is the name of the directory on the host.
Trouble-shooting
Make sure the last component (./sharewithHost) is a valid path to an existing folder. You can also use the absolute path instead of a relative one.