Confusion over when to use server + deleting repositories

Hello list,

Stupid new user question.

I have installed Subversion server (SVN not http) on one machine, call it
serv1 and TortoiseSVN on my personal machine. Now I have create a
repository on another machine on the same network, call it serv2.
Everything works fine and I am very impressed how easy this was.

Reading the docs it seems that TortoiseSVN can access a repository locally
using file:/// and when this is done only TortoiseSVN is required and there
is no requirement to install a server. Does this mean that, if my
repository is on a networked machine I can map a network drive to be a
parent of the repository, access the repository using file:///, and the
server on serv1 is not required at all? I am using the native file system
format so mapping network drives should not be a problem.

Basically my question is, on a local network, is the SVN server required at
all? There will be multiple people accessing the same repository, so I was
thinking maybe the SVN server handles the mutual exclusion? Can TortoiseSVN
be used with no SVN server.

Second - I cannot find anything in the docs about deleting repositories.
Can they just be deleted using explorer? I have setup a repository as a
test and now want to remove it.

Thanks for any info!

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Received on Sun Dec 25 02:37:52 2005