Re: URLs

[Karl Fogel <kf...@galois.collab.net>]

Ben Collins-Sussman <su...@newton.ch.collab.net> writes:
> Here's a weird situation:  suppose I specify a checkout of
> 
>        file:/usr/local/svn/foo/bar/baz/bop
> 
> And suppose that an svn repository (a bunch of berkeley db files)
> lives in /usr/local/svn/.  But ALSO suppose that another svn repository
> lives in /usr/local/foo/bar/ !  Which repository should be used?

I think you meant /usr/local/svn/foo/bar for that second one (and you
just confirmed that, sitting behind me watching me type this, how
cozy).

And yes, I'm still griping. :-)

-K

> You might say, "the shorter repos path should be used, rather than the
> deeper one".  After all, I *think* that this is what would happen if
> you created a <directory> mapping nested within another <directory>
> mapping into `httpd.conf', no?  The higher-up directory mapping would
> always win.
> 
> Of course, then, what do you do if you *want* to access the nested
> repository?  You can't.  But it's not a problem if we separate the two
> paths from the beginning.
> 
> "Doctor, doctor, it hurts when I use URLs!"
> 
> You all know the punchline...  :-)