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RE: Where to locate repos (on Linux)

From: Bicking, David (HHoldings, IT) <David.Bicking_at_thehartford.com>
Date: 2007-11-05 19:24:47 CET

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karl Fogel [mailto:kfogel@red-bean.com]

> Micah Elliott <mde@micahelliott.com> writes:
> > /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?
>
> I and others I know seem to have standardized on
> /usr/local/svn/ or something underneath that. For example,
>
> /usr/local/svn/public/repos1
> /usr/local/svn/public/repos2
> /usr/local/svn/public/repos3
>
> and
>
> /usr/local/svn/private/repos1
> /usr/local/svn/private/repos2
> /usr/local/svn/private/repos3
>
> for publicly-visible projects versus private projects.
>

Going with the linux paradigm, "var" is for transient data, logs, temp
files. /usr is where system-wide applications and utilities are
installed, and /usr/local is where applications specific to that
particular machine or user are stored. In practice, I'm not sure how
much adherence there is to that model.

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