From kde-core-devel Fri Feb 18 14:46:47 2005 From: Oswald Buddenhagen Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 14:46:47 +0000 To: kde-core-devel Subject: Re: Subversion problems Message-Id: <20050218144647.GC13266 () ugly ! local> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&m=110873803120775 On Fri, Feb 18, 2005 at 08:38:13AM -0600, Kevin Puetz wrote: > But svn keeps local copies of the pristine plaintexts, which allows > status, revert, diff (against the base revision), and probably some > others to be local-only operations, and lets commit send diffs instead > of fulltext. It's a trade of WC size to increase the speed of common > operations and reduce network bandwidth usage. > fwiw, i think this is the reason, why the linux kernel guys are now seriously considering copy-on-write semantics for hardlinks. on another note, with an editor that detaches a modified file when it writes it, one could save the copy, too. doesn't svn offer such a mode? -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature, please! -- Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done.