RE: .svn directories

At 9:38 AM -0700 8/27/03, Kumaran Santhanam wrote:
> > You and I seem to have different ideas of what constitutes
>> "power users" and "non-power users."
>>
>> I think a power user is someone who likes the system to have
>> many knobs and controls, so he can wield them to do whatever he
>> wants. I think, when the NPU asks a PU "why is it doing this,"
>> the NPU wants never, ever to be asked in return "well, which
>> way do you have it set up?"
>
>I'm not sure I understand - I think we're talking about the same
>thing. I'll illustrate with an example:

We're on the same topic, all right, but different sides. I'll expand
your example:

>NPU checks out a source tree. If the working copy is pristine,
>NPU says: "Ok, these are all of my files as I'm used to. There
>is nothing there that I don't understand."

NPU then performs any of the operations that don't entirely work with
the "separate trees" arrangement, but do work with the "meta-data in
working copy" arrangement, such as copying the working copy to
another location or computer.

SVN "breaks."

NPU calls PU and says "I did thus and so, and it broke. What's
wrong? How do I fix it?"

PU says "Hmm ... I do that all the time, it works for me ... oh,
wait, where's your meta-data stored?"

NPU's eyes roll into the back of his head, his palms get sweaty, and
he considers a career in underwater basket weaving!

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