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Re: Having working folder located on network drive

From: Andy Levy <andy.levy_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 06:43:17 -0400

On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 06:17, Craig <shadycraig_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have recently set up a windows SVN server at my work.
> My colleagues and I are using Tortoise as it's an excellent piece of
> software.
>
> A few of the users are experiencing various errors when working with
> their working directories, these are on a windows mapped drive (so
> that non-committed changes are backup).
> The errors are usually to do with the temporary files being read-only.
>
> Is having the working copy on a network drive a valid set up?

It is neither suggested nor recommended. It is technically *possible*
but not supported. Working copies are meant to be locally-attached
disks.

I'm guessing you're using an older version of SAMBA for that network
share. http://tortoisesvn.net/faq.html#samba

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