Re: .svn directories

At 9:54 AM -0700 8/25/03, Kumaran Santhanam wrote:
>However, I'm drawing on the
>experience that this hasn't been a problem in commercial SCM
>tools that do not have meta-data directories, since all of those
>require the same sort of notification.

Speaking only for one such system (ClearCase web or snapshot views),
the net net is, if you make such a copy, you may get
ClearCase-unusable files, you may get partly-ClearCase usable files,
you may get something that works... or works until you need it most.
It's not a precedent we necessarily want to follow slavishly, that's
for sure.

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