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Re: AuthzSVNAccessFile and collection path syntax

From: Branko Čibej <brane_at_xbc.nu>
Date: 2005-07-09 20:46:11 CEST

Garret Wilson wrote:

> Branko,
>
> Branko Čibej wrote:
>
>> No, Subversion of course does not allow that -- it would translate to
>> having a directory and file with the same name in your working copy,
>> and I've not seen a single filesystem yet that allows that.
>>
> Who said anything about file systems? Subversion is (slightly
> simplified) a WebDAV extension to provide access to a repository.
> Sure, one of its (newer) repository *implementations* uses a file
> system, but another one uses a database. The URI is part of the
> *interface* to the repository, *logically* identifying a resource.

Hello, reality check? :)

I said "directory and file with the same name in your working copy," and
working copies just happen to live in quite ordinary file systems.

And no, Subversion is a version control system for disk files that just
happens to use a subset of WebDAV/DeltaV as _one_ way of connecting to
the repository. You're putting the cart before the horse.

-- Brane

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