RE: Re: Query: svn externals and export

> > 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).
>
> I *thought* that when a checkout is performed, you get the source
> files that you requested *plus* a duplicate set put into the .svn
> directories (primarily into the text-base directory)? An export
> doesn't build the duplicate .svn directories?

Yes that's correct. But that doesn't change the amount of data downloaded. It does of course change the amount of data created on the drive. And it probably takes a bit longer to save each file in two places.

BOb

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Received on 2009-12-11 15:34:05 CET