Re: Is it possbile to check out a single folder?

caoqiuliang@crisen.com wrote:

Don't respond directly to me; keep this on the list so that others can gain from
your question

>
> I am using 1.0.2 r9423 on Windows.

Upgrade to 1.0.3 ASAP - the Windows binaries were just released. There is a
serious security fix in 1.0.3 that requires an immediate upgrade (especially if
you have a publically accessible repository).

> In a word, what I want my version control system to be is: check out a
> folder when necessary and only when necessary due to the fact that the
> repository may be very large. In the meanwhile keep the local folder
> structure exactly the same as on the server side. Checking out the entire
> repository across InterNet is time consuming. That is the fact that makes me
> think of the use of '-N' flag.

As others have already pointed out, the -N flag doesn't work like that (at least
not consistently). You should also not rely on the -N to be part of your
security model. Subversion is not Source[un]Safe; you need to examine what you
really need, rather than trying to recreate your existing SS model exactly in SVN.

>>2) Try to check it out from within the existing WC (using an implied
> destination):
>
> I tried but the thing doesn't change.
>

I'll try and check this out if I can; this may be a bug in the Win32 client,
since there is no problem doing this with the Unix client.

John

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