I have a network drive called P:\. I have created a folder called SVN this is where all my repositories will reside. Inside this SVN folder I create another folder lets call it Test. I right click on the Test folder (I have TortoiseSVN on Windows XP) and I select Create Repository here. Ok all is good. Now I try to import my project, and it fails..... Do I need to run a SVN server? I hope not....
Yes and no... depends what you want to do. If you want to access your repository via
file:/// then what you have done is all you need to do, and it will certainly work (I know it does because I have done that before
). In all other cases, you must set up a server.
Remember, however, that there is a big, big, nasty catch with network drives. If you create a Berkeley repository on a network drive, it WILL corrupt the repository. Don't do that. Either, do not use a network drive (the "official" recommended way), or if you have to use a network drive, then use FSFS. The nasty thing about Berkeley repositories is that it may even accidentially work, but it will fail any time later, and you will lose all your data, but you won't know why.
