.svn directory - safe to add files in ".svn" or ".svn/tmp"?

2014-03-06 Thread jrm
Working on some tools for a development environment that will make use of SVN. There are circumstances where I want to create temporary information of my own, related to checked out versions. Rather than cluttering up the working directory with other special directories and files, I was wonde

Re: .svn directory - safe to add files in ".svn" or ".svn/tmp"?

2014-03-06 Thread Andy Levy
On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 5:44 PM, jrm wrote: > Working on some tools for a development environment that will make use of > SVN. There are circumstances where I want to create temporary information > of my own, related to checked out versions. Rather than cluttering up the > working directory with

Re: .svn directory - safe to add files in ".svn" or ".svn/tmp"?

2014-03-07 Thread jrm
On 03/06/2014 08:48 PM, Andy Levy wrote: On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 5:44 PM, jrm wrote: Working on some tools for a development environment that will make use of SVN. There are circumstances where I want to create temporary information of my own, related to checked out versions. Rather than clut

Re: .svn directory - safe to add files in ".svn" or ".svn/tmp"?

2014-03-07 Thread Branko Čibej
On 07.03.2014 17:24, jrm wrote: > > On 03/06/2014 08:48 PM, Andy Levy wrote: >> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 5:44 PM, jrm wrote: >>> Working on some tools for a development environment that will make >>> use of >>> SVN. There are circumstances where I want to create temporary >>> information >>> of my

Re: .svn directory - safe to add files in ".svn" or ".svn/tmp"?

2014-03-07 Thread Ben Reser
On 3/7/14, 8:24 AM, jrm wrote: >> Do not do anything in the .svn directory. That directory is >> exclusively for the use of the SVN working copy library and you could >> easily break your WC. > > Sure - if I overwrote something that has a genuine purpose - or created > something in a location wher

Re: .svn directory - safe to add files in ".svn" or ".svn/tmp"?

2014-03-07 Thread Philip Martin
Branko Čibej writes: > No-one can stop you from messing with .svn/, but if you do, please don't > report here when something breaks. Running 'svn cleanup' removes everything in .svn/tmp. Upgrading from 1.6 to 1.7 removes the entire .svn directory from every directory except the working copy roo

Re: .svn directory - safe to add files in ".svn" or ".svn/tmp"?

2014-03-07 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 11:24 AM, jrm wrote: > Sure - if I overwrote something that has a genuine purpose - or created > something in a location where SVN expects exactly certain files to be. > But is SVN so fragile that it can't tolerate a differently named > subdirectory > or file under there?

Re: .svn directory - safe to add files in ".svn" or ".svn/tmp"?

2014-05-04 Thread David Balažic
Branko Čibej wandisco.com> writes: > It's not a question of SVN being fragile or not. The .svn/ directory > is private to Subversion and you're not allowed to fiddle with it. Servus Branko, related to this, is the name ".svn" reserved/prohibited? What if I wanted to commit a bunch of fi

Re: .svn directory - safe to add files in ".svn" or ".svn/tmp"?

2014-05-04 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On May 4, 2014, at 15:46, David Balažic wrote: > Branko Čibej wandisco.com> writes: > >>It's not a question of SVN being fragile or not. The .svn/ directory >>is private to Subversion and you're not allowed to fiddle with it. > > Servus Branko, > > related to this, is the name ".svn"

Re: .svn directory - safe to add files in ".svn" or ".svn/tmp"?

2014-05-04 Thread Branko Čibej
On 04.05.2014 22:46, David Balažic wrote: > Branko Čibej wandisco.com> writes: > >> It's not a question of SVN being fragile or not. The .svn/ directory >> is private to Subversion and you're not allowed to fiddle with it. > Servus Branko, > > related to this, is the name ".svn" reserved/p

Commiting objects named .svn Was: .svn directory - safe to add files in ".svn" or ".svn/tmp"?

2014-05-05 Thread David Balažic
Ryan Schmidt wrote: > On May 4, 2014, at 15:46, David Balažic wrote: > > > Branko Čibej wandisco.com> writes: > > > >>It's not a question of SVN being fragile or not. The .svn/ directory > >>is private to Subversion and you're not allowed to fiddle with it. > > > > Servus Branko, > > >

Re: Commiting objects named .svn Was: .svn directory - safe to add files in ".svn" or ".svn/tmp"?

2014-05-05 Thread Branko Čibej
On 05.05.2014 06:56, David Balažic wrote: > Ryan Schmidt wrote: >> On May 4, 2014, at 15:46, David Balažic wrote: >> >>> Branko Čibej wandisco.com> writes: >>> It's not a question of SVN being fragile or not. The .svn/ directory is private to Subversion and you're not allowed to fi