On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 10:05:34AM -0500, Ross S. W. Walker wrote: > To all, > > I was wondering if it was possible to setup samba shares that use subversion > as a backing store for the files. > > Whenever a new file is created it is added to the subversion tree, whenever a > file is opened it is checked out of the subversion tree, and whenever it is > deleted it is removed from the subversion tree. > > The idea is that one could use subversion to retain previous versions of > files and the subversion tree can be replicated using subversion replication > tools. > > This would avoid costly COW operations for volume snapshots, provide better > file control and auditing and allow files to be replicated in a consistent > fashion. > > A bonus would be allowing access to previous subversion versions using the > "Previous Versions" feature.
You'd need to get a VFS written to do this. It's not difficult, but requires custom programming. There are various Samba support companies available that could do this on contract. Jeremy. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
