Re: .svn directory - safe to add files in ".svn" or ".svn/tmp"?

On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 5:44 PM, jrm <jrm_at_exa.com> wrote:
> Working on some tools for a development environment that will make use of
> SVN. There are circumstances where I want to create temporary information
> of my own, related to checked out versions. Rather than cluttering up the
> working directory with other special directories and files, I was wondering
> how safe it might be to make direct use of the ".svn" directory for my own
> purposes?
>
> Aside from the existing purposed subdirectories - would it be safe to create
> files in either "tmp", ".svn" proper, or a new subdirectory under ".svn"?

Do not do anything in the .svn directory. That directory is
exclusively for the use of the SVN working copy library and you could
easily break your WC.
Received on 2014-03-07 02:49:29 CET