On 3/16/2007 3:34 AM, Donkers, H.C. (Kurt) wrote:
> On Mar 13, 2007, at 03:12, Nicolas CHARLOT wrote:
>
>>> At a same time, we are working on many projects. We've setup a
>>> repository and want to use it to handle all our projects. The
>>> recommended structure is to create a root folder for each project.
>>> That's OK. The issue is that we have a global counter for the
>>> repository. Is Subversion able to manage revisions by folder ?
>>>
>>> If not, what do U advise me ?
>> No. The revision number is global for the repository.
>>
>> My advice to you is not to worry about it. Do not attach any meaning
>> to the number, other than "the number of changes that have been made
>> in the repository." See also the FAQ:
>>
>> http://subversion.tigris.org/faq.html#globalrev
>
> There is of course also the possibility to use multiple repositories (one per project), in which case you would have one revision number per project.
> There aren't any major disadvantages to this right?
There are some disadvantages, but I don't know if they are "major":
- It's not possible to copy a file from one project to another and keep
its history.
- You need to backup each project, instead of just backing up one
repository.
Some small advantages, too:
- The repositories are smaller, so easier to back up, and if projects
eventually are abandoned, you won't need to maintain all their code in
backups forever.
- It's slightly easier to have varying access permissions for different
projects when they are in different repositories.
Duncan Murdoch
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Received on Fri Mar 16 11:50:14 2007