[svnbook] r4528 committed - * en/book/ch01-fundamental-concepts.xml...

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Revision: 4528
Author:   cmpilato at gmail.com
Date:     Mon Aug  5 21:25:01 2013
Log:      * en/book/ch01-fundamental-concepts.xml
   Add warning about a common misuse of the term "repository" in Subversion.

Patch by: danielsh
           (Tweaked by me.)

http://code.google.com/p/svnbook/source/detail?r=4528

Modified:
  /trunk/en/book/ch01-fundamental-concepts.xml

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--- /trunk/en/book/ch01-fundamental-concepts.xml	Wed Mar 20 06:48:28 2013
+++ /trunk/en/book/ch01-fundamental-concepts.xml	Mon Aug  5 21:25:01 2013
@@ -411,6 +411,18 @@
          repository, though, check out
          <xref linkend="svn.reposadmin"/>.</para>

+      <warning id="svn.basic.svn-repositories.not-working-copy">
+        <para>In Subversion, the client-side object which every user
+          of the system has—the collection of versioned files,
+          along with metadata that enables the system to track them
+          and communicate with the server—is called
+          a <emphasis>working copy</emphasis>.  Although other version
+          control systems use the term <quote>repository</quote> for
+          the client-side object, it is both incorrect and a common
+          source of confusion to use the term in that way in the
+          context of Subversion.</para>
+      </warning>
+
      </sect2>

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