Re: What will happen if I upgrade from 1.6.x to 1.7.x

On 25 March 2013 12:49, John Dexter <jdxsolutions_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm running 1.6.8 against an Assembla free repo (I am not sure what server
> version). On a new PC I am testing, I installed the newest Tortoise and it
> wants to upgrade my working copy.
>
> However, I also use the codebase on my Mac, which only has svn 1.6 client
> (and I don't have the inclination to change that right now). In fact that is
> my test PC, I dual boot Win8/OSX 10.8 and want to use the existing Mac
> working dir rather than check it out twice.
>
> So a couple of quick questions:
>
> 1)TortoiseSVN 1.7 simply isn't backwards compatible to 1.6 repos?

Any 1.x client is compatible with any 1.x server. However I suspect
you actually mean working copy when you say repository, in which case
no, a 1.7 client cannot use a 1.6 WC and vice versa.

> 2)It's 'safe' to get the latest 1.6 version?

Don't understand the question. 1.6 is not the latest version.

> 3)Having a shared working dir for dual-boot PC, using svn commandline on Mac
> and Tortoise on Windows... is that a big no-no or should it work?

Big no-no. A working copy should never be shared between 2 different
OS's. It might work or it might trash the WC. It's fine to access the
files in both OS's but all subversion operations should always be done
using the same OS, so for safety you should uninstall Windows SVN
clients and use only the MAC client, or uninstall MAC SVN clients and
use only the Windows client.

> Thanks for any help. I am about to take a laptop on my travels so I really
> don't want to screw up my repo, just get things working!

Simon

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