Stefan Sperling wrote on Mon, May 07, 2012 at 18:12:30 +0200: > On Mon, May 07, 2012 at 11:51:44AM -0400, Bob Archer wrote: > > It sounds like what he is asking for more than a "shared working copy > > metadata" is sharing the pristine. For example, if I have a file that is in > > 10 branches and they all have the same pristine it will use that one > > pristine rather than a pristine for each copy in each branch. Perhaps that > > is what you mean when you say "shared meta-data" but that wasn't my > > understanding of this. > > > > Frankly, for me, working copy disk usage is the least of my concerns. > > Pristines are a subset of the meta-data, so shared metadata implies shared > pristines. > > Note that you can share pristines between branches today by using a single > working copy for all branches you work on. Check out the repository root > with the "--depth empty" option and then pull in the branches you need > via "update --set-depth=infinity".
'update --parents' and 'update --set-depth=immediates' might be useful too, to pull in the intermediate dirs (those 'above' a branch root). > See http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.advanced.sparsedirs.html > > Note that with Subversion 1.7 this will only reduce disk space, not network > traffic. Preventing Subversion from downloading the same pristine multiple > times is currently being worked on. That feature should be available in 1.8.
