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Re: A proposed solution for svn admin directory names

From: Ben Collins-Sussman <sussman_at_collab.net>
Date: 2005-06-29 18:00:09 CEST

On Jun 29, 2005, at 10:51 AM, Jonathan Malek wrote:
>
> #define SVN_WC_ADM_DIR_NAME ( ( getenv( "SVN_ADM_DIR") ) ? ( getenv(
> "SVN_ADM_DIR") ) : (".svn") )
>
> Thanks for taking the time to look at this Ben--I know it's been
> hashed and rehashed, but I think this is a simple solution that works.

The 'cons' of this proposal previously were based on the assumption
that making the value of SVN_ADM_DIR into a runtime option would have
involved using ~/.subversion/config, which would have been a huge
coding change. But now it seems like a tweak to the already existing
#define will accomplish the same task.

The only other 'con' listed was that ASP.NET working copies would be
non-portable. But frankly, that's the world we already live in.
There are already lots of shops out there using 'special' TortoiseSVN
builds which use '_svn' directories. So from where I stand, this
proposal seems like a net gain. Nothing gets any worse, but it means
Tortoise can stop making special releases.

IANTSP -- "I am not the subversion project". Do any other developers
have opinions about this?

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