[TSVN] Re: Hard links

"Boris" <boris@kafana.org> writes:
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> > It seems like TortoiseSVN is deleting files before it does
> > some operation (for example "revert") on it.
>
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> I think that this is exactly what's happening with the SVN/TSVN "revert"
> operation. So in order for this to work right (and already does), they have
> to go a few steps further in preserving your hard link. Since this is not
> cross platform code (*very* win32 specific), I think it will never happen
> :).

As far as I recall the unix hard links work the same (AFAIK this
functionality is regulated in the POSIX standard, so it sould work the
same --- use ln without -s). So multiple directory entries can be
created linking to the same inode. (BTW it can even be done with
CDs.)

Soft links (ln -s) can be compared to the *.lnk files on windows,
though they are handled more transparently on unix.

So, if you hardlink to a subversion controlled file, you should have
similar problems on linux. If somebody could please check that...

Jens

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Jens.Scheidtmann@bayerbbs.com
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