Re: space-efficient working copies

Hello!

Miller, Eric wrote:
> Does anyone have any ideas if something like this is feasible in
> subversion?

Using symbolic links for such purposes may cause tons of problems,
especially regarding timestamps, etc..

I could be possible to use a kind of translucent filesystem which
contains a checked out base working copy. A user couldn't mount an
instance of this base working copy, so all following operations will
be done on just-in-time copies of the base working copy.

Unfortunately the base WC itseld may never be updated without getting
inconsistent WCs, so sometimes it may be neccessary to create a fresh
base copy.

Another problem can be that users need root rights in order to mount
their working copy filesystems.

With best regards
Andreas Schweigstill

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