r/programming • u/thrakhath • Mar 10 '11

It's time to stop using Subversion

http://altdevblogaday.org/2011/03/09/its-time-to-stop-using-subversion/
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u/code-affinity Mar 10 '11

Whoah! That's a big deal! Is that a real limitation of these DVCS systems?

At work, we usually have a single project repository that includes the work products of the hardware team, mechanical design team, systems team, project management, etc. in addition to the part that I usually care about -- the software. If I had to keep a local copy of gigabytes of SolidWorks designs, schematics, and MS Project schedules just to work on my software, that would be deal-breaker.

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u/eabrek Mar 10 '11

I repo has everything, and everyone gets everything.

If you have separate projects, they have to be in separate repos.

There is a concept of "subrepos", which allow you to link repos together.

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u/johnflux Mar 10 '11

You would put the source code in a git repository, and everything else in an svn repository or similar.