Re: space-efficient working copies

"Miller, Eric" <Eric.Miller@amd.com> wrote on 12/03/2007 10:37:36 AM:
> I have a scenario where we have many users working on or viewing the
> same set of data in the repository.
>
> This data is binary and when multiplied among the number of users the
> disk requirements can get onerous.

We have a 45GB "trunk" in one of our repos, so I feel your pain.

> I would really like to be able to implement a light-weight working copy
> using symbolic links that point to a common read-only area, replacing
> the links with editable data when locks/edit permissions are granted.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas if something like this is feasible in
> subversion?

A common shared area is interesting, but probably hard to implement.
Think about permissions, who actually updates the common area, etc.

I believe someone thought about keeping the pristine files in a compressed
format. This might reduce the space at least a little, with the
possibility
of not too many complex working copy code changes.

Kevin R.

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Received on Mon Dec 3 18:40:18 2007