Re: Query: svn externals and export

On Dec 10, 2009, at 05:46, Andrew Hardy wrote:

>>> I was hoping to avoid performing a checkout as this would create all the .svn directories, etc.
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>> Yes it would, if by "etc." you mean the contents of the .svn directories.
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>>> and effectively double the data downloaded.
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>> There is no difference in the amount of data downloaded from the repository server to the client between the checkout and export command. The difference is that the checkout command makes a second copy of the files on the client, and adds additional administrative data, in the .svn directories. So the only "problem" with a checked out working copy is the extra disk space it takes on the client; you'll have to compare the disk space available with the size of your project to know if this is going to be a problem.
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> It's more an issue of the time it takes to bring down the data, which can have an impact on some of the users.

The time taken to bring down the data from the repository server to the client is identical whether you're doing an export or a checkout. Unless you're not talking about the transfer between the repository and the client, but between some other two systems (if so, please explain).

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