files storage location

[gayathri hariharan]

Where does subversion store the files? Is it on the same machine where subversion is installed / it can distribute it anywhere/machines and pull up whenever needed?

[Jeff Machols]

Subversion will have a repository server, which will contain all the database files (berkeley DB), when you create the repository, you tell it where to put the DB. You cannot store the DB on a share or NFS filesystem, it will get corrupted.

You use the checkout to get a copy of the repository on your client boxes and use the Subversion client commands to keep your working copy in sync with repository machine. You can also get working copies on repository server if that fits your development environment

[Alexandru Popescu]

Jeff is it a way to look into the repository db by external tools?

--
./pope
[the_mindstorm]

[Jeff Machols]

Are you talking about external to subversion or external to the repository server?

[Alexandru Popescu]

External to subversion. Thought that the repo being a DB might be possible to access it with a DB query tool :-). However if the DB is embedded db than this would not be possible, ain't it?

--
./pope
[the_mindstorm]

[Jeff Machols]

That is correct, but you always take a look at schema and go from there, there is plenty of documentation about developing subversion

[Alexandru Popescu]

many thanks Jeff. now this aspect is clear :-).

--
./pope
[the_mindstorm]