Re: .svn folder in each folder after downloading source from svn

John Edwards <john-C/[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.ipcop.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 05:46:24PM +0530, Vinod Nadiadwala wrote:
> hi,
>      i am customizing ipcop 2.0.2, downloaded source from the svn after per
> the instructions given in development section of ipcop website, i am little
> bit confused that there is .svn folder under each folder which contains
> same files as in main folder

These are part of the Subversion revision control system:
	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_Subversion

It records all changes made to the source code, who did it and why.

> do i need to apply customization in .svn folder also ?

No, but you can use the Subversion 'svn' program to record your
changes and make patches. This is very useful when sending your work
to others and in applying your changes to new versions of IPCop.

To learn how to do this read the Subversion book:
	http://svnbook.red-bean.com/

> what if i delete .svn folders ?

Then you can not use Subversion.


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