Александр Козлов wrote: > The [subversion repository restore] problem is: > > - data is backed-up every night, it's ok, but > - many (50) users do they commits couple of times every day, and > - users' working copies are out of sync (they are later!) with server > after backup restoration.
Yes, but you knew that when you configured nightly backup. > Of cause, every user can do a virgin repository checkout and then commit > his/her latest data. Many users have some local unversioned data inside > ours working copy directories, so they would also synchronize this data. If you are talking about uncommitted data, that is not even a consideration for svn. > Latest data and even file revisions are in clients svn databases. So, my > question: is there some "magic" instrument, that helps users or admins > to resynchronize working copies and commit latest data into the server? Working copies are considered throw-away data. Subversion has no facilities to re-sync working copies to a restored server repositories that may have some revisions removed, in the case where a working copy has newer revisions locally. > The Red Book says that making backups every hour is a form of paranoia. > But after some moments every admin tends to be the real paranoic:) That has nothing to do with paranoia, just cost vs. benefits. If nightly backups with archives covers what you need at a price you want to spend for it, then do that. If you need running back-ups and are willing to "pay" for it, implement it. Many people fail to protect their invested effort properly testing the configuration in a real life drill, a.k.a. test restore. > will try to use a repository mirror or some distributed version control. > But I would teach all users to use the new instruments. I am not sure what you are saying here as these are different concepts. svnsync mirrors can bridge the gap between interval, archived backups and the intra-day data, but NEVER replace them. As part of a mixed strategy they absolutely make sense for your case. They are not synchronous, neither are dvcs for that matter, and synchronicity is a different consideration. Andreas
