Can I have one project in two SVN repositories?

Question

Our I.T. dept doesn\'t allow connections to the SVN server from outside the physical office. (They\'re just kind of like that.) I need to work on projects when I\'m not at t

Answer 1

In svn you can definitely set up a couple of repositories and then tie them together with the svn:externals command. I'm at home, so I can't remember the full details, but it's similar to using modules in CVS. You create a folder and set the properties on it to be a whole bunch of externals (that map to other higher folders in other repositories).

The ugly bit is that its messy to create branches and final versions, since the final folder with the properties isn't treated very well in the repository, but other than being a bit awkward it works well enough. We have the base code in one repository, and two other ones with instance-specific configurations. Checkout the right tag, and you get a fully merged project, ready for hacking. (It did work way better in CVS, yet another useful feature lost in time).

Paul.