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Re: environment variable for location of the .svn directory ?

From: Olaf van der Spek <ml_at_vdspek.org>
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2016 13:52:01 +0100

On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 1:48 PM, Stefan Sperling <stsp_at_elego.de> wrote:
> I think the use case described would be much better served by implementing
> support for a shared .svn dir located e.g. in the user's home directory which
> can then be shared by multiple working copies.

> This would work without an env var or new option switch. This central .svn
> dir could always be looked up automatically with a fallback to the current
> behaviour if the global .svn does not exist.
>
> There is no technical reason why this could not be done.
> It is just a lot of work nobody has time for.

How'd the link between the wc and the global .svn store work? The link
might get broken on moves.

And what if multiple users share one working copy?

-- 
Olaf
Received on 2016-12-22 13:52:07 CET

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