Re: Using Subversion with online storage and file protocol

On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 03:26:43PM -0500, Bob Archer wrote:
> The file:// protocol is for single user access
> only. Your repository could become corrupted when more than one access
> it at the same time.

That's not true, there are transactions and lockfiles for a reason.

> > Any suggestions of alternative ways to run a repository for a small
> > team without access to a suitable server (other than going with a
> > commercial hosting provider)?
>
> I believe there are some free svn hosters out there.

Yes, some e.g. provide free service if the repository size is small.

> If you don't want to go that way then one of the 5 devs could host the
> repository on his own machine and run either apache or svnserve
> routing the port.
>
> Another option of course is to use a distributed vcs like Git or Mecurial.

Yes to both points.

Stefan

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