RE: different IP addresses due to moving WCs with a laptop

Hi Uli

> Working with a WC on a laptop, we sometimes use different IP
> addresses to access the same repository, depending where we
> are with that laptop. The problem with this setup is that
> Subversion remembers how it accessed the repository in the
> other network and refuses to cooperate in the new network.

> Currently, we solve this by tunneling the access through
> localhost and manually redirecting the tunnel depending on
> the network.
>
> What I wonder is whether there is a way to tell Subversion
> that nothing changed but the name/address of the repository?
> Or, even better, if there is a way to setup things so that it
> just doesn't matter what network you're on?

I've got the same problem using a repo from desktop at work, home and
from a laptop.

I've handled this by using a Fake site name so the working copy always
accessed via this name:
eg

    svn://SVNRepoSite/...

and then in the Hosts file (a file mapping IP Name to Numbers) put a
line like:

111.222.333.444 SVNRepoSite

or, if you want to loop it back to the PC you're currently on, either
because the repository is on that machine or you've set up an SSH tunnel
to a remote machine, use:

127.0.0.1 SVNRepoSite

With this technique, it doesn't matter where the repository is as long
as it can be accessed from where you're currently working.

The Host file is located:
 /etc/hosts in Linux
 C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts - in WinXP (& I think Win2000)

you could write a little small program that let you do something like:

amAt home
amAt laptop
amAt work

which rewrote the hosts file appropriately.

Note that under WinXP, the "hosts" file is a standard text file, even
though it doesn't have the .txt extension.

This works well - transparent svn update/commits from three different
PCs (and of course, works with TortoiseSVN as well).

Cheers
Giovanni
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