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RE: Re: Using only one .svn folder in repository root

From: <kmradke_at_rockwellcollins.com>
Date: 2007-11-27 22:32:02 CET

"Reedick, Andrew" <jr9445@ATT.COM> wrote on 11/27/2007 03:06:37 PM:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Joachim Durchholz [mailto:jo@durchholz.org]
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 3:41 PM
> > To: Subversion Users
> > Subject: Re: Using only one .svn folder in repository root
> >
> > kmradke@rockwellcollins.com schrieb:
> > > Hmm... How about a third option:
> > >
> > > Just a single .svn file in each directory that points to
> > the location
> > > of the working copy meta data location. This has other
> > ramifications
> > > I'm sure no one has thought about yet.
> >
> > That would still have problems with tools that get confused
> > by extraneous files.
> > Though at least the Search function of the Windows Explorer
> > would be less cluttered with irrelevant results.
> >
>
> Wouldn't flagging the .svn file/dir as being a hidden and/or system file
> cause the search results and explorer to ignore it?

Depending upon the tool, possibly. However, hiding the directory is
inviting users to be unaware the directory exists, causing them
to unexpectedly copy the directory to places they shouldn't.

I.E. I've had users use windows explorer and copy some directories
from one working copy to another for another repo. Then they will
get strange errors when they try and add the dirs to the new repo.

Kevin R.

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