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Where to locate repos (on Linux)

From: Micah Elliott <mde_at_micahelliott.com>
Date: 2007-11-02 21:28:15 CET

I've been putting repos in various places, and I'd like to hear
if some of those places are more popular or more standard than
others. I can't figure out from FHS
(http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html) what is most
appropriate, but I'd like to adhere to it if possible (not
creating some non-standard area). Here are some I've used, none
of which tickle me:

    /var/svn
    /var/<groupname>/svn
    /localdisk/svn
    /var/local/svn

I tend to use /var since it's deemed "variable", or changing
data. The book (svnbook.org) uses /usr/local/svn, which sounds
reasonable, but slightly in violation of FHS, since a repo is
really "variable" data. So maybe /var/local/svn is best?

I'd like to standardize on something going forward. What is your
preference?

(As a related aside, I can't tell from FAQs/searches if it's
still a no-no to put a repo on an NFS mount. Though "SVN Worst
Practices" hints at it. From what I can tell, it used to be a
problem with BDB or general Subversion locking(?). Am I okay now
to do NFS with recent svn and FSFS? I assume people consider
NFS/TCP superior to NFS/UDP for this.)

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