Re: Re: Re: Re: toroiseproc commit hangs

Hi,

2009/7/2 Andy Levy <andy.levy_at_gmail.com>:
> On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 11:38, Michael Corr<michael_at_aduratech.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm happy to install cygwin and a CLI svn client on my Windows machine. I simply wanted to make sure I was utilizing my current tools to their full potential before adding new ones.
>
> Cygwin isn't a good idea here. There's a native Win32 client that
> works perfectly fine. Cygwin, nowadays, is really not needed in 90% of
> the cases where it's used. If you use it with Subversion, then you'll
> have a Subversion client running on Windows, but pretending it's on
> *NIX, so any files with svn:eol-style set to native will get UNIX EOL
> markers, not Windows.
>

IIRC it is even worse: there is no guarantee that working copy formats
between *NIX and Windows are compatible. Using mixed platform clients
on the same working copy is asking for trouble.

-- 
Regards,
Jean-Marc
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