Single Multi-User Checkout in Subversion - Possible?

Question

In our organization, we have the following problem. We want to have our web tree revision-controlled, but many of us want to be able to alter (and check in) any file of that tree. We would also like there to be only a single check-out for all this because the tree is rather huge. For parts of that tree, we are currently using RCS, which allows for the behavior described above, but has several other drawbacks, of course.

Does anyone know how to do such a thing (maybe with some kind of workaround) with Subversion on a Unix server?

Answer 1

Are the developers not on their own machines? Is the tree so huge that it must be checked-out onto a shared network drive on a server, since it doesn't fit on individual developers' workstations? I think this question needs some numbers to clarify the problems and reasoning behind it further.

Answer 2

Why not just check out the bit of the tree you're interested in changing? That shouldn't be a problem. Maybe I'm confused about what you mean by "a single check-out".