On Nov 13, 2008, at 04:10, Ilan Yaniv wrote:
> Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>
>> On Nov 13, 2008, at 03:53, Ilan Yaniv wrote:
>>
>>> Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Nov 13, 2008, at 01:29, Ilan Yaniv wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I have this project - project1. There are two versions to the
>>>>> project ie ver1 and ver2. Both versions are in two different
>>>>> branches
>>>>> They are different. Ver2 is completely new.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have another project ie project2 it is parallel to ver1, and
>>>>> also
>>>>> using it resources, so it is under ver1 branch.
>>>>> But it is also using ver2 resources.
>>>>>
>>>>> I want project2 to be in both branches, (ver1 and ver2), but as a
>>>>> link. So if I do a "check in" for project2 files I'll see them in
>>>>> both branches (ver1 and ver2).
>>>>>
>>>>> Is links also allowed in SVN?
>>>>
>>>> Not exactly like that....
>>>>
>>>> What you should probably do is move project2 out of project1 so
>>>> that
>>>> it stands on its own. Then, add externals definitions where
>>>> appropriate so that the two projects can share the parts they
>>>> need to
>>>> share. See the book for more on externals:
>>>>
>>>> http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.5/svn.advanced.externals.html
>>>
>>> That's what I was offering to the development department.
>>> Sure by CM aspect, this is what the team must do.
>>>
>>> But he insisted that Project2 should be as part of ver1 -> in the
>>> same
>>> branch.
>>>
>>> I am not sure that using links is something that CM would actually
>>> want
>>> to have. It is messy and can be dangerous.
>>>
>>> But I've been asked so I raised the subject anyway.
>>
>> The other option is to make normal UNIX symlinks and check them into
>> the repository. That doesn't work on Windows though.
>
> Hmmm interesting.
> 1) Would it be for windows someday?
Historically, Windows has had no support for symlinks, so it has been
impossible. I believe I've heard that Windows Vista does support
symlinks? In that case, Subversion could perhaps be changed. I can't
find an issue for it in the issue tracker.
> Would you say that a UNIX\Linux
> server might be better to host SVN?
"Better" is up to you. :) I prefer UNIX-like operating systems
(specifically Mac OS X) for everything I do, but YMMV.
> 2) Does it works for Linux servers too?
Symlinks are a client-side thing only. It does not matter what OS
your Subversion server is on. It matters only what OS your Subversion
client is on -- on Windows clients, symlinks are not supported.
> 3) If I use UNIX links, then when I create a branch, the link is also
> branched, and Tags are for both projects?
Symlinks are copied as is, just like everything else in the
repository. Presumably you'd want to make relavite symlinks, so that
when copied to a new branch or tag, they still point to the same
relative thing within that branch or tag.
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