Re: Repo browser: URL always starts "file://" not "svn://"

Kurt,

Thanks my friend, that was absolutely spot on.

Regards
Steve

Kurt Pruenner wrote:
>
> Steve-ukda wrote:
>> I read somewhere that it is recommended to use the svn:// protocol
>> instead
>> of file:// for multiple users to access a central repository. Maybe I am
>> misunderstanding something in that, or maybe it was an incorrect
>> recommendation. Does anyone have any advice on this?
>
> No, that recommendation is perfectly fine. A file:// URL should only be
> used in a single-user situation with a repository on a local drive (i.e.
> not on a server) anyway...
>
> If you go to your working copy and bring up the repo browser it will
> default to the URL you used to check out your working copy in the first
> place; that's also the URL (and communication method) that will be used
> for all other operations you do.
>
> So if you checked out a file:// URL (which can be checked by bringing up
> the Explorer's properties dialog for the WC folder and switching to the
> Subversion tab) you should either throw your working copy away and do
> another checkout with the corresponding svn:// URL or use the relocate
> command from the context menu to change the file:// to a svn:// URL -
> but make sure it's the exact same location in the exact same repository
> or Bad Things(TM) may happen...
>
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