On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Nick <[email protected]> wrote: > > Making it on the repo level is much faster, because it is skipping the OS > level copy.
Yes. > > It also is the only way to maintain file history and therefore preferable. > Is this correct? > No, as I understand it, WC level copies preserve history too, and that history is used so a cheap copy may be made at the repo level. Repo level copying is advantageous because it is faster, and because it makes merging easier, apparently (I only have had bad experiences with merging, maybe because I always do WC-level copying!). -Ray --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Versions" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/versions?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
