Re: [TSVN] Hard links

On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 14:43:19 +0200, Marco Scholz <mscholz@samson.de> wrote:

> I'm using TortoiseSVN 1.07 and I use Hard Links (hard links are
> a hidden feature of NTFS on Win2k and XP to create more than one
> directory entry for one file on the disk (something like a "cheap copy")).
> When I use hard links with files that are under TortoiseSVN control,
> these hard links will be deleted sometimes.
> It seems like TortoiseSVN is deleting files before it does
> some operation (for example "revert") on it.
>
> Is this a problem of TortoiseSVN or of subversion?

Subversion. Check the Subversion FAQ. Hardlinks will be working with
the 1.1.x branch.

> Has anybody worked with hard links und TortoiseSVN ?

Some have tried ;)

> Again, hard links are a OS Feature >=Win2K/XP ?

Not quite correct. The hardlinks are a feature of NTFS5 (which only
Win2k/XP understand).

Stefan

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Received on Wed Jul 21 16:33:57 2004