Re: non-recursive-add isn't that useful? why is there no ".svn" folder in there? why can't I add more files?

On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 6:12 PM, Geoffrey Plitt <geoff_at_gweb.org> wrote:
> thanks for the reply! i think i know where i went wrong - i'm dealing with a
> symbolic link.
>>
> it doesn't work for symlinks?

Um, no. Think of it this way... You are telling the Subversion
repository that there is a special entry in your working directory
that is not really a directory, but a special type of file. (Which is
what a Symbolic link really is). Although you can transcend a symbolic
link via the "cd" command, that's the operating system doing that. To
Subversion, you are no longer under your working directory (which is
really the case).

Imagine the possibilities if you could do that!

$ root svn co svn://localhost/trunk/myproject
$ cd myproject
$ ln -s /net/some_other_computer/home/george george
$ svn add george
$ cd george
$ touch foo
$ svn add foo

In the above example, I did a symbolic link from some other computer
and to the home directory of some poor slob named george. I am now
adding a Subversion files to George's home directory. So, now what
happens when others check out this project? Do files mysteriously get
added to poor George's HOME directory?

Also think about what happens if I check out the file on a Windows
system that doesn't have symbolic links. How would Subversion be able
to handle that?

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David Weintraub
qazwart_at_gmail.com
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