Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 07:05:53 -0300 (ADT) From: Andrew Hamilton-Wright <andrew@QEMG.org> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@telenix.org> Cc: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: going from cvs to svnq Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0904010641100.32642@qemg.org> In-Reply-To: <49D2CEF9.9030304@telenix.org> References: <49D27B25.80003@telenix.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0903311728390.60971@qemg.org> <49D2CEF9.9030304@telenix.org>
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[ snippage of question re: svn and cvs ] On Tue, 31 Mar 2009, Chuck Robey wrote: > Andrew Wright wrote: >> >> The primary advantage of using svn is that the _server_ uses a >> different protocol to track objects. > > I think that's unclear, you can't mean that just having the protocol be > different, that's not that much of a win. Having svn track extra things, like > directories, that I'd think was a win. I chose the word protocol poorly. For "protocol" read "way of doing things", or perhaps "algorithm". What I was trying to make clear is that the choice of tool between cvs and svn is made based on server related criteria. > What I don't know is, I use cvsup all the time, but when I switch to svn, what > does the "cvsup" job of tracking an archive (not tracking the sources, I mean > the archive)? Does svn do it all itself? If so, I can find out how, I just > want to know if that's how its done. If not, what's the general tool used to > track the freebsd archive, so I can investigate it? If you are asking "what is the name of the subversion client, and how can I use it?", then the answer is "svn" (which is also the executable used for the server, a la cvs with the "pserver" option). Usage instructions are available via: http://subversion.tigris.org If you are asking "what can I type to get a readonly copy of the repo?", then according to the ROADMAP.txt at: http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base/ROADMAP.txt?view=markup the answer appears to be: svn co http://svn.freebsd.org/base/head Strong Caveats: o One of the peculiarities of subversion is that if you leave off the "head" portion of the URL, you will get _all_ of the nodes in the repository -- that is, the history at every point. o As I mentioned earlier, this will produce a newly checked out working space that is incompatible with cvsup (or cvs in general). o ***Early Adopter Warning***: There has not been (as far as I know) a general call for people to move to this type of repository access except for committers -- therefore expect rough edges until a general announcement is made. A.
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