Re: Using up double diskspace for working copies (Was Re: Detailsfor svn test repository)

[bd <bdonlan at bd dot beginyourfear dot com>]

Daniel Berlin wrote:
> > > You can't mix svn and svk commits against the same repo. It confuses svk
> > > (not svn).
> > >
> > > You can use svk readonly, of course.
> >
> > Actually, that's not quite right. While svk's depot must only be used by
> > svk, the usual usage is to mirror a regular subversion repository with
> > svk into a svk depot, then work with it from there using svk. Any
> > changes in the svn repository are pulled in with svk sync, and any
> > changes to the mirrored copy are applied to the backing subversion
> > repository.
>
>
> Except that http://svk.elixus.org/?SVKFAQ
>
> says "Given an svk repository, do you have to use it via svk, or can you
> use svn programs to access it?
>
> Short answer: svn programs that only read the repository are working
> fine; those who actually write in the repository would bypass svk and
> make it fail.
> "

Vital difference:
This will work:
svk mirror svn://wherever //svnrepo/mirror
# do svk things with //svnrepo/mirror
# do svn things with svn://wherever

This won't work:
svk mirror svn://wherever //svnrepo/mirror
# do svk things with //svnrepo/mirror
# do svn things wioth file://$HOME/.svk/local/svnrepo/mirror

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