On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 9:08 AM, Branko Čibej <br...@apache.org> wrote: > On 24.11.2016 15:00, Pavel Lyalyakin wrote:
>>> You'd determine the cause of the slowness in your case. For once: Make sure >>> you are using an appropriate protocol (http/https or svn(+ssh) rather than >>> the file-protocol). >> file:// protocol? How would OP access a server on the Internet through >> file://? > > NFS and CIFS work just fine over the internet, though I admit you'd have > to be a bit of a masochist to try that. Been there, done that. CIFS is *not*, *not*, *not* your friend for Subversion working copies, nor for file:// server access. It's a very "chatty" protocol. NFS tends to be far faster and more robust, with the exception of NFS servers getting confused about whether clients are still connected. > Back to the original topic: Subversion's deltas are, for most practical > applications, quite a bit more efficient than sending tarballs of whole > files would be ... and the ZIP format is significantly less efficient > than compressed TAR. > > -- Brane >
