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RE: Re: Subversion on a SMB-Share

From: Reedick, Andrew <jr9445_at_ATT.COM>
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 14:58:48 -0600

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Seb.ADIO_at_gmx.de [mailto:Seb.ADIO_at_gmx.de]
> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 3:01 PM
> To: users_at_subversion.tigris.org
> Subject: Re: Subversion on a SMB-Share
>
> Dear list,
>
> I understand, that I should use a server solution. The problem is,
that
> my manager wants a fast solution and has no server to use.
>
> I have one question: Do I have to intepret the sentence "you can put
> your share on a network if using a FS-repository" so that I can put
the
> data store onto the network but I should acess it only over
> svnserver/or httpd (single access - synchronisation is done by the
> server process) or does it really mean to be able to acess the share
> over a mounted way with multiple users?
>
> I see problems in using the share directly, that each users is able to
> completely delete the share. And synchronisation over network file
> system is in my opinion also a problem. But I think I misinterpreted
> the sentence.
>

Plan B: What about volunteering your manager's PC as a server? If it's
only the 5 of you, and the repository is on a network share, the load
shouldn't be a big deal. Unless you all are constantly rebooting or
doing massive updates or are just beating your machines to death, any
workstation could run as a subversion server. Given that svn is
designed for offline work, any old pc or cheap new PC bought with your
manager's credit card from the local electronics store should work for a
small team.

As far as I can tell, the manual doesn't specifically state that it's
safe for multiple file:// clients on different boxes to hit a network
share repository. It does say that a "repository can be accessed
simultaneously by clients running on the same machine on which the
repository resides using the file:// method." I would be worried about
whether Samba and the network share detect/support/respect file locks
correctly.

Good luck.

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