SVN for src (was Re: Binutils 2.18 prep)

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 10:06:41AM +0000, Andrew STUBBS wrote:
> We create an Subversion directory containing all the top-level files (configure 
> etc.), but with all the subdirectories (gas, gdb etc.) present but *empty*. We 
> then provide a script that does 'svn switch' on each directory required for a 
> given 'module'. This is the inverse of the svn://gcc.gnu.org/svn/gcc/emptydir 
> idea (see http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/SvnSetup "Optimize disk usage").

You know, I think we can do this even without having to butcher the
layout of the repository.  Check out a directory containing just the
script, and have it use "svn switch -N" at the end to pick up the top
level files.

I'm going to experiment.  I have a handy repository to work with :-)
(We import CVS snapshots into svn.)

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery