3.1.3. Local Access to the Repository
To access your local repository you need the path to that folder. Just remember that Subversion expects all repository paths in the form file:///C:/SVNRepository/. Note the use of forward slashes throughout.
To access a repository located on a network share you can either use drive mapping, or you can use the UNC path. For UNC paths, the form is file://ServerName/path/to/repos/. Note that there are only 2 leading slashes here.
Prior to SVN 1.2, UNC paths had to be given in the more obscure form file:///\ServerName/path/to/repos. This form is still supported, but not recommended.
Warning | |
Do not create or access a Berkeley DB repository on a network share. It cannot exist on a remote file system. Not even if you have the network drive mapped to a drive letter. If you attempt to use Berkeley DB on a network share, the results are unpredictable - you may see mysterious errors right away, or it may be months before you discover that your repository database is subtly corrupted. |