[svnbook] r4385 committed - Merge from ^/trunk/en r4384 (note 'format' and 'db/format' distinction...
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Revision: 4385
Author: cmpilato at gmail.com
Date: Fri Feb 1 08:25:29 2013
Log: Merge from ^/trunk/en r4384 (note 'format' and 'db/format'
distinction).
http://code.google.com/p/svnbook/source/detail?r=4385
Modified:
/branches/1.7/en
/branches/1.7/en/book/ch05-repository-admin.xml
=======================================
--- /branches/1.7/en/book/ch05-repository-admin.xml Tue Jan 29 11:01:10 2013
+++ /branches/1.7/en/book/ch05-repository-admin.xml Fri Feb 1 08:25:29 2013
@@ -68,43 +68,55 @@
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term>conf</term>
+ <term>conf/</term>
<listitem>
- <para>A directory containing configuration files</para>
+ <para>This directory is a container for configuration
+ files.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>db</term>
+ <term>db/</term>
<listitem>
- <para>The data store for all of your versioned data</para>
+ <para>This directory contains the data store for all of your
+ versioned data.<footnote><para>Strictly speaking,
+ Subversion doesn't dictate that the versioned data live
+ here, and there are known (albeit proprietary) alternative
+ backend storage implementations which do not, in fact,
+ store data in this directory.</para></footnote></para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>format</term>
<listitem>
- <para>A file that describes the repository's internal
- organizational scheme</para>
+ <para>This file describes the repository's internal
+ organizational scheme. (As it turns out,
+ the <filename>db/</filename> subdirectory sometimes also
+ contains a <filename>format</filename> file which
+ describes only the contents of that subdirectory and which
+ is not to be confused with this file.)</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>hooks</term>
+ <term>hooks/</term>
<listitem>
- <para>A directory full of hook script templates (and hook
- scripts themselves, once you've installed some)</para>
+ <para>This directory contains hook script templates and
+ hook scripts, if any have been installed.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>locks</term>
+ <term>locks/</term>
<listitem>
- <para>A directory for Subversion's repository lock
- files, used for tracking accessors to the repository</para>
+ <para>Subversion uses this directory to house repository
+ lock files, used for managing concurrent access to the
+ repository.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>README.txt</term>
<listitem>
- <para>A file whose contents merely inform its readers that
- they are looking at a Subversion repository</para>
+ <para>This is a brief text file containing merely a notice
+ to readers that the directory they are looking in is a
+ Subversion repository.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
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