On 10/4/06, Jamie Jackson <myspamb8@gmail.com> wrote:
> I just watched the 1.4 podcast, and at first I (mis?)interpreted that
> svnsync could work like Darcs: In other words you could have a local
> repository (where you work while you have no access to the main
> repository), which you sync with the central repository (when you do
> have access to it).
>
> After reading bits and pieces about svnsync, now I (think) I realize
> that it's only application is for mirroring a repository (for
> non-working copy checkouts).
>
> I got pretty excited there, for a minute. :-(
>
> Can someone please confirm my thoughts?
It is only for read-only mirrors. Bidirectional syncing of work is a
much harder problem than what svnsync solves. It's not impossible to
implement (svk does it on top of an svn repository), but it's not
something we've done yet.
-garrett
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Received on Wed Oct 4 18:37:45 2006