On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 12:31 AM, Richard Cavell <richardcav...@mail.com> wrote: > Although I am mindful of the fact that at least one person is growing tired > of this thread, > > The problem that you describe in your answer has nothing to do with > Subversion. That is, the problems of transferring a text file from Mac to > PC on a USB stick has always existed, independently of Subversion. > > Still, is it necessary to modify the SVN Handbook to make sure people don't > make mistakes?
The cygwin case could be surprising, and it is moderately common these days for people to share a network home directory across windows/linux/macs. It really isn't svn's problem that sharing a working copy in unexpected ways can confuse the 'native' concept, but it does come up on the list moderately frequently. Basically it is a bad idea to share a workspace at all, even with yourself under a different OS. And it is generally unnecessary since each platform can update its own copy easily enough. -- Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com