How the shared files (linked files) in VSS can be migrated to a Subversion repository in Debian ?

Question

How the shared files (linked files) in VSS can be migrated to a Subversion repository in Debian ? Please help.

Answer 1

When you add the files to the repository, make sure that they have the property: svn:mime-type set to 'application/octet-stream', and that there's no svn:eol-style property set. These will prevent most clients from trying to interpret the contents as anything other than binary data, and thus not munge them when checking them in and out.

Answer 2

I guess this other question could help.

Answer 3

If you're talking about the VSS feature of having one file shared into multiple folders, take a look at this other question: it got quite some feedback.

Short answer: either try to avoid shared files (hard to maintain and document, especially when you branch) or use the svn:externals property.