Re: [boost] [SVN] Repository branches/libs experiments

From: Darren Garvey (lists.drrngrvy_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-08-27 17:53:22

On 27/08/07, Beman Dawes <bdawes_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> David Abrahams wrote:
> > on Sat Aug 25 2007, "Darren Garvey"
> > <lists.drrngrvy-AT-googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> >> As it stands, the 'branch' appears to be a subset of boost, whereas
> >> I would have expected a complete 'fork' (albeit a temporary one).
> >
> > Yeah, a complete fork is what I would expect, and probably want.
>
> That's OK with me, but SVN copy will have to be not just cheap, but
> *very* cheap or disk usage will explode.

>From 'the SVN book' (http://tinyurl.com/28yoyz):

"The main point here is that copies are cheap, both in time and space. Make
branches as often as you want."

IIUC, the copy is little more than a symlink (and probably a few table
entries).

Regards,
Darren