On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 01:52:01PM +0100, Olaf van der Spek wrote: > On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 1:48 PM, Stefan Sperling <s...@elego.de> wrote: > > I think the use case described would be much better served by implementing > > support for a shared .svn dir located e.g. in the user's home directory > > which > > can then be shared by multiple working copies. > > > This would work without an env var or new option switch. This central .svn > > dir could always be looked up automatically with a fallback to the current > > behaviour if the global .svn does not exist. > > > > There is no technical reason why this could not be done. > > It is just a lot of work nobody has time for. > > How'd the link between the wc and the global .svn store work? The link > might get broken on moves. > > And what if multiple users share one working copy?
Depends on design and implementation details. There are no definite answers. As Branko pointed out, the 1.7+ WC DB schema was designed with a global .svn directory in mind. The rest remains to be built on top and there are of course many open questions such as yours.
