Andy Stone wrote:
> I am planning to use Subversion on a project with a small number of trusted developers (less than 5). We don’t have access to a server on which we can set up svnserve, so instead I am planning to store the repository with one of the many online storage providers, mounting the storage space as a virtual network drive on each users machine, and have everyone access the repository directly using the file:/// protocol (e.g. using Microsoft’s SkyDrive + Gladinet Cloud Desktop).
>
> Is this approach safe (i.e. will not result in a corrupted repository)? I have seen previous posts which imply that it is safe to do this on an NFS server (safe, but not necessarily sensible**).
>
> Any suggestions of alternative ways to run a repository for a small team without access to a suitable server (other than going with a commercial hosting provider)?
This sounds like a really bad idea. Subversion requires a filesystem with
certain semantics and this probably doesn't provide them. It's not just people
mucking around with the repository it's it working at all.
If you can get cloud storage then get a Subversion provider for a few dollars a
month.
Blair
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Received on 2009-12-03 22:03:49 CET