I can see Trent's view point that people are weird and get freaked out by the unexpected (where they might expect the revision numbers to be relatively low).
I guess what we should be providing him are points like you do make to help him sell why this isn't an issue to the end users. Like Les says, if someone performs a large batch of commits to a particular branch then the trunk revision numbers are going to leap forward (unexpectedly). So what to sell those folks concerned about it is that they're experiencing this already. -- David Grierson - SDLC Tools Specialist Sky Broadcasting - Customer Business Systems - SDLC Tools Tel: +44 1506 325100 / Email: david.grier...@bskyb.com / Chatter: CBS SDLC Tools Watermark Building, Alba Campus, Livingston, EH54 7HH > -----Original Message----- > From: Les Mikesell [mailto:lesmikes...@gmail.com] > Sent: 09 September 2013 13:32 > To: Trent W. Buck > Cc: Subversion > Subject: Re: Breaking up a monolothic repository > > On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 8:13 PM, Trent W. Buck <trentb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I'm stuck. Since it's no fun to have tens of thousands of empty revs > > in each project repo, my current approach is to leave existing > > projects in the monolithic repo, and new projects get separate repos. > > > > Why do you think an empty rev will bother anyone any more in a > per-project rev that having the rev number jump from a commit to an > unrelated project does in the combined repo? It shouldn't be a > problem in either case. Rev numbers for any particular use don't need > to be sequential, you just need to know what they are. > > -- > Les Mikesell > lesmikes...@gmail.com Information in this email including any attachments may be privileged, confidential and is intended exclusively for the addressee. The views expressed may not be official policy, but the personal views of the originator. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete it from your system. You should not reproduce, distribute, store, retransmit, use or disclose its contents to anyone. Please note we reserve the right to monitor all e-mail communication through our internal and external networks. SKY and the SKY marks are trademarks of British Sky Broadcasting Group plc and Sky International AG and are used under licence. British Sky Broadcasting Limited (Registration No. 2906991), Sky-In-Home Service Limited (Registration No. 2067075) and Sky Subscribers Services Limited (Registration No. 2340150) are direct or indirect subsidiaries of British Sky Broadcasting Group plc (Registration No. 2247735). All of the companies mentioned in this paragraph are incorporated in England and Wales and share the same registered office at Grant Way, Isleworth, Middlesex TW7 5QD.
