The raised question was about merging more than about branching and the
"gotchas" around it. Can you give me any insight as to what those might be?
The person in who raised it didn't go into details.
Thanks!
Rory
-----Original Message-----
From: Mcgee, Mark [mailto:mark.mcgee_at_credit-suisse.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 5:17 AM
To: users_at_subversion.tigris.org
Subject: RE: Questions about Subversion...
> Does SVN support the ability to apply policies over directories? For
> example, can I limit access to specific directories under the tree to
> different groups with different levels reading and writing
> capabilities? Can I take it one step further and lock down the tree
> and prevent commits to it, like in the situation where we have a
> release candidate and we don't want anyone making unapproved
> check-ins?
Others have answered on per-directory access control, but re: releases,
seeing as every commit to a SVN repository is effectively a "branch"
because its revision history is for the whole repository and not per file,
you can build a release from any revision you like without any need to stop
ongoing develop on the Trunk.
Branching is no big deal in SVN, it is effectively making a copy/shortcut to
a revision in history - the info you need is all in the subversion book
under branching and tagging.
It'll probably be useful for you to read this section
http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.1/ch04s04.html#svn-ch-4-sect-4.4.1
which describes the "best" practice usage of SVN - i.e. develop new features
in Trunk, release to a branch and test, and then tag and release the
"tagged" code.
The tag is an unchanging snapshot in time, the branch will start off that
way, but may be updated for interim fixes/releases to released code, and new
work continues in trunk.
Regards,
Mark
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