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Relationship between SVN and WebDAV

From: Jeremy Aston <jeremyaston_at_yahoo.co.uk>
Date: 2004-03-18 13:07:21 CET

Hi,

I have been trying out SVN as an alternative to CVS
and been very impressed. I have been using WebDAV
under Apache to remotely access my repository and it
has worked like a dream. I am now thinking of some
further work that needs doing for a customer of mine
and thinking about how best to layer (if indeed I need
to) WebDAV and SVN.

Here is a simple scenario - I have an XML file which I
want to be edited by both myself and my customer. I
host the file on a WebDAV enabled server so that my
customer can use JEdit with it's WebDAV plugin to
modify the file. WebDAV gives me basic versioning.

I now want the file to be properly versioned ( in the
context of a broader use case and true CVS/SVN type
capabilities) - so I put place it in an SVN
repository.

Do I now need to get my client to use an SVN client to
get the file and commit it back or can I somehow
continue to allow them to use a WebDAV client?

The ONE advantage of being able to use WebDAV (as far
as my relativly limited experience goes) is that I can
exclusively lock any given file to implement a fairly
basic workflow process - e.g. the file is currently
being worked on by my customer so none of my team
should make any changes until the file comes back and
the lock is removed. I don't beleive I can lock a
specific file in an SVN repositiory but someone may
correct me on this.

What is the best strategy for this collaborative
production scenario?

Best regards

Jeremy Aston

        
        
                
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