[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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