On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 20:40, David Weintraub <qazw...@gmail.com> wrote: > One of the nice thing about Dropbox is that you can share files > between various users. I will sometimes keep a Subversion repository > on Dropbox, so I can access it on various systems. Right now, it's > just for me to use. > > Here's the scenario: > > * I have my Dropbox under $HOME/Dropbox. > * I create a Subversion repository on $HOME/Dropbox/svn_repos > * I now share my $HOME/Dropbox/svn_repos folder between my colleagues. > > What happens if we all start svnserve on that particular shared folder > in Dropbox? Is there an issue with possible collisions if two or more > people attempt to commit their changes at the same time?
Dropbox will rename conflicting revisions. Subversion will become very confused. Your repository will be hosed. > What if we skip the svnserve route and merely use the file:// > protocol? Is this any safer? No. This makes no difference. Both will be equally broken. This is a Bad Idea. // Ben
