ER: Map repo folder to local folder, copying repo tree is the default [was "Re: How to checkout only the tree structure of a repository"]

[he...@myob.com]

I have been evaluating (= fooling around) with Subversion and TortoiseSVN 
with a view to replacing Visual SourceSafe for storing our documentation 
files.  A nice thing is that you can set a mapping from any project 
(folder) in a VSS repository to a local folder.  Then if you checkout or 
get a deeply buried file that lies under that project, VSS automatically 
builds the folder tree to the local working file.

I go nuts constantly navigating the local folder tree from drive letter 
down in TSVN every time I check out a file newly added to the repository 
by a colleague.  This is particularly irksome in that we strictly enforce 
a rule that a local folder tree must exactly match that in the repository 
in case someone has to take over.  (If writers want a sandpit to 
experiment, they are encouraged to make a branch.)  So the VSS ability to 
map a repo folder to a local folder is really handy.  Whenever you copy a 
file, the dialogue proposes the default path as defined in the repo folder 
tree so you can always override it to put a file in a different local 
location.

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Hedley Finger
Training Content Developer and Tools Specialist
MYOB Australia Pty Ltd <http://myob.com/au>
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