Re: "modules" (was: Re: cmd line stuff)

Jim Blandy writes:
>
> > > > Please correct me if svn is not going to support modules like cvs; or
> > > > if a module in svn would just be something like a symlink?
> > >
> > > Modules in Subversion are simply subdirectories of the filesystem. To
> > > get some of the more sophisticated behavior of CVS's modules file,
> > > we're going to provide new kinds of directories, whose contents are
> > > computed from other directories.
> >
> > Um. I'm not sure that I follow this, or if it is hand-waving at this point.
>
> Don't worry, this has nothing to do with the form of the URL's --- it
> will be managed completely within the filesystem.

God love ya Jim.

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