On Aug 1, 2013, at 09:26, Bob Archer wrote: > The working copy is generally 2x the size of the files in it, since the .svn > folder contains the pristine copies of your working copy. This is how svn can > do diffs against changed items In your working copy without hitting the > server, and also how it can do reverts.
Also, I would hope the data is compressed when it's sent over the wire but is stored on disk uncompressed.
