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Re: How to choose between svn & http?

From: Andy Levy <andy.levy_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:53:01 -0400

On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 16:40, David Weintraub <qazwart_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 4:59 AM, STF SVN <lapsap7+svn_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> I already have a working SVN server using HTTP, but I'd like to see
>> some other alternatives, especially those which could provide better
>> performance.  The problem right now is that some users are accessing
>> the SVN within a VPN tunnel and things are slow for them.  So, if it's
>> possible to reduce data quantity, like using another protocol, I would
>> take it.
>
> The standard 'svn' protocol is faster, but it uses port 3690 by
> default. It is very likely that your VPN will block traffic to this
> port. You can start svnserve on another port, and you can use ssh+svn
> which allows for tunneling.
>
> Subversion is known for simplicity, ease of use, but speed isn't one
> of them. The entire .svn directory thing slows Subversion down --
> especially since the entire diff is kept in there.
>
> I believe you can have a Subversion repository run using both the
> svn:// protocol and the http:// protocol at the same time (Is this
> true? Somebody respond).

True. http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.serverconfig.multimethod.html
Received on 2010-07-29 22:53:57 CEST

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