Is it possible to use SVN as source control for a project, but instead of connecting to svn://servername, I would like to connect to file://servername/SourceControl/SourceDb share. But apparently this is not supported?
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Stef Heyenrath
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TeamCity is trying to protect you from yourself. While Subversion does (or at least used to) support repository databases placed on file shares, doing so is very dangerous:
- A single keystroke (intentional or otherwise) by anyone with access to the repository will render history lost at best, and the repository useless at worst
- Path-based authorization cannot be enforced
- Hook scripts can easily be bypassed
- Depending on how the share is hosted, various problems may crop up
From the Subversion manual:
Do not be seduced by the simple idea of having all of your users access a repository directly via file:// URLs. Even if the repository is readily available to everyone via a network share, this is a bad idea. It removes any layers of protection between the users and the repository: users can accidentally (or intentionally) corrupt the repository database, it becomes hard to take the repository offline for inspection or upgrade, and it can lead to a mess of file permission problems
Stand up a proper server.
alroc
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