RE: repository on network share

[Matthew . Riechers]

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> I'd like to use Tortoise CVS, putting the repository on a network
> share.  Everyone's work area (sandbox) would be on their own machines,
> we would not share sandboxes.
> I need clarification - I know and understand that we should not share
> sandboxes. But I hear also that we should not use a network share for
> the repository?

In general, you should not access a repository via network sharing.

There is a FAQ entry on this:

        <http://ccvs.cvshome.org/fom//cache/220.html>

And plenty of discussion on the topic in the archives:

        
<http://www.mail-archive.com/cgi-bin/htsearch?config=info-cvs_gnu_org&restri
ct=&exclude=&words=network+share>

> how else would a group of
> developers (in the same building) create the repository?  Thanks

Either keep the repository and sandboxes on the same file system, or use
client/server:

        <http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs-1.11.10/cvs_2.html#SEC26>

-Matt