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Re: SVN for src (was Re: Binutils 2.18 prep)
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
- To: binutils at sourceware dot org
- Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 11:00:18 -0400
- Subject: Re: SVN for src (was Re: Binutils 2.18 prep)
- References: <46025531.90105@st.com>
On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 10:06:41AM +0000, Andrew STUBBS wrote:
> We create an Subversion directory containing all the top-level files (configure
> etc.), but with all the subdirectories (gas, gdb etc.) present but *empty*. We
> then provide a script that does 'svn switch' on each directory required for a
> given 'module'. This is the inverse of the svn://gcc.gnu.org/svn/gcc/emptydir
> idea (see http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/SvnSetup "Optimize disk usage").
You know, I think we can do this even without having to butcher the
layout of the repository. Check out a directory containing just the
script, and have it use "svn switch -N" at the end to pick up the top
level files.
I'm going to experiment. I have a handy repository to work with :-)
(We import CVS snapshots into svn.)
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Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery