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Re: Advise sought - repository structure.

From: Ryan Schmidt <subversion-2009a_at_ryandesign.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:45:57 -0600

On Jan 26, 2009, at 14:53, Ian Hobson wrote:

> I'm using svn for controlling the source of a php system that now has
> two users - soon to be three. I'm developing on windows, and deploying
> on linux. (and the only developer).
>
> When the system gained a second user, I started a new branch, and have
> been adding fixes to both branches since. This is not really
> satisfactory - and with 3 or 4 branches will become an error prone
> pain.
>
> As part of the latest set of changes (extensive) I have also completed
> work to move all differences into just 4 files - a .css file, a .php
> file and two images. There is now a common core system. Each user has,
> in addition, 4 "configuration" files.
>
> I need the configuration files to be under version control, and
> private
> to each user. Core files should be available to all user sites.
>
> How should I set up the subversion repository(ies) to best support
> this?
>
> Would we be best served by multiple repositories, and some method of
> moving the configuration files in among the "core" files?

Stick with one repository, otherwise things get confusing (or perhaps
impossible) when trying to merge changes between them.

Regarding your configuration files, does this apply to you:

http://subversion.tigris.org/faq.html#ignore-commit

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