I am setting up VisualSVN. It comes with a "Repositories" repo. My question is pretty simple I hope, do I create a single repository under the root and then add a new folder for each project I want to manage? or do I create a new repository under the root "Repositores" for each new project?
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If your projects are related, then I would create a single repository under the root and then add a new folder for each project I want to manage. A single repository could contain a project group which contains different projects.
If your projects are unrelated, then create a new repository for each project. Then each project will belong to different project group.
J.W.
2009-06-05 20:29:40
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I have all of my projects in a single repository. Each project gets a folder with a trunk, tags, and branches subfolder. One drawback to this is that any commit increments the revision of the repository, but I don't show the revision number anywhere in my code.
Robert
2009-06-05 20:37:22
IMHO, the revision ID is more a "serial number" than a "build number". Therefore, as long as it's unique, it's fulfilling its purpose and shouldn't dissuade one from managing multiple projects in one repository.
William Leara
2009-06-05 20:41:46
I've read you cannot create a repository w/out console access...can you create these folders with trunk, tags, and branches from TrotoiseSVN for example?
Nate Bross
2009-06-05 20:48:07
@Nate, yes you can.
Malfist
2009-06-05 20:48:31
I don't think the increasing number is a drawback, revision numbers are cheap
Sander Rijken
2009-06-05 22:06:32
a drawback may come if you want to restrict access to certains projects. can I set different access politics on folder level?
Seiti
2009-06-26 18:59:04
nevermind (http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.4/svn-book.html#svn.serverconfig.pathbasedauthz)
Seiti
2009-06-26 19:01:45
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Some things to consider:
Chapter 5 of the SVN Book delves into this question:
http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.5/svn-book.html#svn.reposadmin.projects.chooselayoutYou cannot perform svn copy/svn move operations between repositories, but you can between directories.
It's more of an art than a science, and it comes down to how much source code the projects will be sharing.
William Leara
2009-06-05 20:38:22