going from cvs to svnq

[Andrew Hamilton-Wright]

[ snippage of question re: svn and cvs ]

On Tue, 31 Mar 2009, Chuck Robey wrote:

> Andrew Wright wrote:
>>
>> The primary advantage of using svn is that the _server_ uses a
>> different protocol to track objects.
>
> I think that's unclear, you can't mean that just having the protocol be
> different, that's not that much of a win.  Having svn track extra things, like
> directories, that I'd think was a win.

I chose the word protocol poorly.  For "protocol" read "way of
doing things", or perhaps "algorithm".

What I was trying to make clear is that the choice of tool between
cvs and svn is made based on server related criteria.



> What I don't know is, I use cvsup all the time, but when I switch to svn, what
> does the "cvsup" job of tracking an archive (not tracking the sources, I mean
> the archive)?  Does svn do it all itself?  If so, I can find out how, I just
> want to know if that's how its done.  If not, what's the general tool used to
> track the freebsd archive, so I can investigate it?

If you are asking "what is the name of the subversion client, and how
can I use it?", then the answer is "svn" (which is also the executable
used for the server, a la cvs with the "pserver" option).  Usage
instructions are available via:
 	http://subversion.tigris.org


If you are asking "what can I type to get a readonly copy of the
repo?", then according to the ROADMAP.txt at:
 	http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base/ROADMAP.txt?view=markup
the answer appears to be:
 	svn co http://svn.freebsd.org/base/head


Strong Caveats:
  o One of the peculiarities of subversion is that if you
    leave off the "head" portion of the URL, you will get _all_ of
    the nodes in the repository -- that is, the history at every point.

  o As I mentioned earlier, this will produce a newly checked out working
    space that is incompatible with cvsup (or cvs in general).

  o ***Early Adopter Warning***: There has not been (as far as I know) a
    general call for people to move to this type of repository access except
    for committers -- therefore expect rough edges until a general announcement
    is made.

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