-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Tim Webster wrote: > On 10/19/06, Aaron Bentley <aaron.bentley@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I believe SVN supports recording arbitrary file properties, so it's just >> a matter of applying those properties to the tree. > > yes svn has arbitrary properties which can be manipulated. > They are not really intended for permissions, ownership, and acl. > To use the svn properties for this requires adding scm tools. Agreed. I think it's okay to require extra work to set the scm up to handle configurations. > Also svn does not allow files in the same directory to live in > multiple repos It would surprise me if many SCMs that support atomic commit also support intermixing files from multiple repos in the same directory. >> You mean multiple merge sources? > > yes, Multiple merge sources is handy for collaborative document editing That's something I'd like for software development, too. Aaron -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFOEsO0F+nu1YWqI0RAo+6AJ9lzF0+O1I8rgkyCOdhsir1gjo0NQCfXEVV EIsDmS+eR/7cHKQfmnPJRA4= =g5jk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html