Re: Subversion, decentralized version control, and the future.

Branko Čibej wrote:
> Folker Schamel wrote:
>> I think a shortcut for the repository root including "/" (e.g. "$")
>> would be absolutely sufficient:
>>
>> Then use "svn cp . $tags/A", or "svn diff $tags/1.1 $tags/1.2" or whatever.
>>
>> No need for svn:layout property.
>>
>
> So you're already assuming that there is one single fixed layout, and no
> flexibility. Definitely not something I'd support.

Right.

There are applications like Cenqua's FishEye repository browser which allow
you to describe your TTB structure so that the notions of "branch" and "tag"
can be applied to particular directories. (See
http://www.cenqua.com/fisheye/doc/latest/admin/svnsymbolic.html)
But I admit that it is a shame that you pretty much *have* to implement
something like this across all similar applications to get that sort of
functionality.

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