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Re: svnsync is unidirection sync to get a read only mirror site. Will svnsync develop to bidirection?

From: Branko Cibej <brane_at_xbc.nu>
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:31:49 +0200

C. Michael Pilato wrote:
> webpost_at_tigris.org wrote:
>
>> svnsync is unidirection sync to get a read only mirror site. Will svnsync
>> develop to bidirection?
>>
>> I hear a pay software WANdisco can do subversion multisite. Is WANdisco
>> base on svnsync ?
>>
>
> It's possible that WANdisco uses svnsync for replication, but I get the
> sense from talking with their representatives that their software has a
> significant amount of extra-Subversion-al architecture -- we aren't talking
> about a couple of little hook scripts here and there.
>
>
>> Hope svnsync can do bidirection sync in the future :)
>>
>
> svnsync will almost certainly never do bidirectional replication because of
> the weakness of the underlying merge algorithms. If you absolutely need
> bidirectional synchronization, you should seriously consider using a DVCS
> like git or mercurial.
>

Or a very ancient and centralised one like ClearCase. Let's not confuse
bidirectional replication with merging.

-- Brane

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