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Nick V
Nick V

Reputation: 1843

Stick with TortoiseSVN 1.6?

In the team everybody still works with the client TortoiseSVN 1.6. I tried out 1.7 and I find it a big improvement on a Windows 7 machine. My team members tell me we can't upgrade. But they can't tell me the exact reason?! It was told by somebody a while ago but that somebody left the company :)

Is there a valid reason to stick with 1.6?

Edit

Beside the changed working copy format, is the benefit of 1.7 higher then the cost of upgrading of 1.6.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 163

Answers (1)

Pekka
Pekka

Reputation: 449385

The working copy format has changed in 1.7.

You'd have to upgrade all clients that use the same working copy to 1.7 at once: older clients will no longer be able to access the WC once it has been upgraded.

There may be reasons speaking against doing that under certain circumstances (like if [non-Tortoise] clients don't have the upgraded svn client libraries built in yet). You'd have to look at the clients that are being used.

I have upgraded several TortoiseSVN-only work enviroments over the past couple months and have had no problems. (Of course, it is wise to check in all changes prior to upgrading, just in case.)

Upvotes: 4

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