Hi Jerry,
Based on the info which you've shared, if I were tasked with such a
problem to solve, I would consider implementing and installing a Windows
Scheduled Task on each user's PC which runs a custom .bat, vbscript, or
powershell batch/script file on a schedule. The script would wrap some
error condition handling (file in use, network errors etc.) around some
calls to the built in apache svn command line tools (these are installed
as part of the TortoiseSVN installation) which would apply
update/commit/etc. actions, or at least capture the list of commits &
updates which would be needed to bring the repository and working copies
up-to-date, then save the list into a database, log file, or rss feed,
and/or send email notifications, depending on your requirements
analysis.
3rd party tools as Simon mentioned are of course also another option.
Best of luck!
Thank you,
-Ryan
Ryan Hathaway
Programmer Analyst
Office of Alan Harold, Auditor
Stark County Ohio
110 Central Plaza S
Canton, OH 44702
330-451-1414
***Please note: My email address has changed to
rghathaway_at_starkcountyohio.gov ***
>>> Simon Large <simon.tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com> 10/11/14 4:09 AM >>>
Subversion is a revision control tool, not a document sharing tool, and
as such it requires a certain discipline to use it. The user decides
when to commit changes and adds comments to describe those changes, and
the user decides when to update their working copy with changes from
others. These things cannot be automated. For plain text files
subversion will merge changes when a file is changed both locally and
remotely; it cannot do that with binary formats such as Office
documents. Even when the files are mergeable it requires communication
between users to make sure they are not working on the same parts of the
same files.
For document sharing by non-technical users there are better solutions.
I know nothing about One Drive, but Google Docs works well. All changes
are saved automatically and if two users are editing the same doc they
can each see the other's changes happening.
Horses for courses as they say.
Simon
On 11 October 2014 02:44, Jerry Johns <jerrylanejohns_at_gmail.com> wrote:
My company is thinking about using an alternative to SVN for MS Office
document management.
The biggest complaint is that non-technical people forget to check for
repository updates or don’t commit after making changes to local files
and this affects other people using those documents.
I want to keep SVN instead of going with something like One Drive for
Business, etc.
Are there tools or options that would extend the functionality of Commit
Monitor, for example, so that it keeps the local copy in sync?
Thanks.
Jerry
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