Ben Smith-Mannschott wrote on Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 20:49:35 +0200: > 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. >
+1. Don't do that. > // Ben
