[svk-users] using svn to access local svk repo

[Jesse Vincent]

On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 01:54:09PM -0500, Faisal N Jawdat wrote:
> Is it a bad idea to use svn to check out from a local svk repository?
> 
> Scenario:
> 
> I have an svn repository on, let's say, upstream.com.
> 
> I have pulled that to //mirror/repository and copied that to //local/ 
> repository, both stashed in ~/.svk/local.
> 
> I have a bunch of tooling that plays well with svn, but doesn't work  
> with svk.  It's possible to 'svn ci' against the local repository (file:///Users/faisal/.svk/local/local/repository/trunk 
> , etc.), which gets the files, and checking back in makes files  
> accessible to svk for checkout, pushing upstream, etc.

mirrored paths: checking out is ok. checking in or making changes will cause the world to end.

local paths: checking out is ok. checking in is ok.

merging: using svk rather than svn will do a better job tracking merge
data.

Best,
Jesse