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Re: Metadata centralized vs distributed

From: Kenneth Goldman <kgoldman_at_us.ibm.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:38:00 -0500

Tuan Nguyen <tuant20_at_gmail.com> wrote on 12/17/2008 09:09:58 AM:

> I have a working dir with tree of working files. Then I upload my
> working dir to my web server and the .svn folder in the working dir
> and its sub-folder has been uploaded along with the working dir. I
> have been told to use the Export feature but I would not like it that
> way, what I intended to upload is just my working dir without the
> metadata (.svn things).

I used to do that, but there are a few nice things about export:

1 - You get exactly what you need without temporary files, object
files, logs, and all the other extra data sitting in your working
directory.

2 - When you export and try to build, it will be quickly obvious
if you forgot to add and commit something to the repository.

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