Re: Use of svnserve and Dropbox

David Weintraub wrote on Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 01:18:28 -0400:
> Thanks for all the replies.
>
> Yeah, I figured this wouldn't be a good idea. There's no way to
> prevent multiple users from simultaneous updates. Even if Subversion
> could allow multiple svnserves hitting the same repository by tracking
> lock files,

Subversion does allow multiple svnserves to serve one repository
concurrently --- for the standard definition of "one", at least.
(which dropbox doesn't meet)

And, FWIW, lock files aren't your only concern. The non-safety of
rsync-style backup is another.
Received on 2011-09-23 07:28:25 CEST