Re: Problem with backslashes and network folder

HI,

2008/11/6 Baptiste <drosophile2002_at_yahoo.fr>

> Hi,
>
> My repo is : \\sargon\svn\project-hermes (as displayed by Explorer)
> The URL of my first WC is : file:///\sargon/svn/project-hermes/trunk
> (as displayed by Explorer, in the "Subversion" tab)
> The URL of my second WC is : file://sargon/svn/project-hermes/trunk
> (as displayed by Explorer, in the "Subversion" tab)
>
> Can you shed some light on that difference ? How is it possible that
> there are two distinct URLs pointing to the same repo ?
> More generally, depending on the WC, the URLs that Tortoise displays
> in its window (eg. in the "To URL" fields) are :
> - either file://sargon/svn/project-hermes/trunk
> - either file://\sargon/svn/project-hermes/trunk
> A couple of weeks ago, with a previous version of Tortoise (and/or
> SVN), I remember I had to checkout :
> file:///\\sargon/svn/project-hermes/trunk
> And once, I even had to type "file://\\\sargon/svn/project-hermes/tags/
> test" for a Branch/tag command to work !
>
> I don't know if the problem comes from Tortoise, SVN, or both, but it
> needs clarification.
>

I know these differences sometimes occur. But what's the real problem for
you here?

In fact, using a network share to store a repository and accessing it via
file:// is not recommended. You should consider setting up a real SVN
server, which is not that difficult.

-- 
Regards,
Jean-Marc
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