On 2011-05-24, at 9:07 PM, Cody Casterline wrote:

> I want to make an on-disk repo and
> check it in with my source so that it's always available.  Even if the
> network goes down or I'm on a plane.

Slightly off-topic, but I thought I would comment and someone can tell me if 
I'm missing something…

Checking in the repo defeats it's purpose.  One of the reasons to use a 
dependency manager is to keep stuff that isn't source code out of your source 
control system.  A good rule of thumb is that if it doesn't create a readable 
"diff" it probably doesn't belong in your SCM. (Icons, images, sound effects, 
small media files being an allowable exception.)

Ask your self what you are getting by checking-in your Ivy repo?  Versioning? 
No, the ivy repo handles versioning of the resources internally.  You are 
basically just making a redundant copy… but your SCM isn't a backup tool.

But I'm totally with you in terms of having a local repository as a more 
visible and controllable "local cache"…  (unless there is a better way?)

Regards,

Scott

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