[svnbook] r4354 committed - Merge r4352 from ^/trunk/en ("Document SVN_ASP_DOT_NET_HACK").

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Revision: 4354
Author:   cmpilato at gmail.com
Date:     Tue Jan 22 06:30:46 2013
Log:      Merge r4352 from ^/trunk/en ("Document SVN_ASP_DOT_NET_HACK").
http://code.google.com/p/svnbook/source/detail?r=4354

Modified:
  /branches/1.6/en
  /branches/1.6/en/book/ch01-fundamental-concepts.xml

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--- /branches/1.6/en/book/ch01-fundamental-concepts.xml	Fri Sep 14 07:00:39  
2012
+++ /branches/1.6/en/book/ch01-fundamental-concepts.xml	Tue Jan 22 06:30:46  
2013
@@ -687,6 +687,22 @@
          unpublished changes, and which files are out of date with
          respect to others' work.</para>

+      <tip>
+        <para>While <filename>.svn</filename> is the de facto name of
+          the Subversion administrative directory, Windows users may
+          run into problems with the ASP.NET Web application framework
+          disallowing access to directories whose names begin with a
+          dot (<literal>.</literal>).  As a special consideration to
+          users in such situations, Subversion will instead use
+          <literal>_svn</literal> as the administrative directory name
+          if it finds a variable
+          named <literal>SVN_ASP_DOT_NET_HACK</literal> in its
+          operating environment.  Throughout this book, any reference
+          you find to <filename>.svn</filename> applies also
+          to <literal>_svn</literal> when this <quote>ASP.NET
+          hack</quote> is in use.</para>
+      </tip>
+
        <!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  
-->
        <sect3 id="svn.basic.in-action.track-repos">
          <title>How the working copy works</title>




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