Re: [boost] [Important] Boost Subversion repository is now online

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-07-31 23:17:34

Peter Dimov wrote:

> Douglas Gregor wrote:
> ...
>> The main Boost development branch is available via anonymous, read-
>> only checkout at:
>>
>> http://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/trunk/
>>
>> Or for developer read/write access at:
>>
>> https://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/trunk/
>>
>> Information about accessing the Boost Subversion repository is
>> available at:
>>
>> http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/BoostSubversion
> 
> So I've made the mistake of checking out
> 
> https://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/
> 
> This is somewhat excessive. :-) How do people manage to keep their working
> copy reasonably small while still keeping an eye on non-trunk parts and a
> branch or two as needed?

I believe you can checkout 

        https://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/

with the -N flag. Then, change to the checked-out
directory and do:

        svn up trunk
        svk up super_interesting_branch

Then, "svn up" in the top-level dir will update only
the branches you care about.

- Volodya