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I'm a big subversion fan and am just about to take over a big site (200mb approx.) I've trimmed down the main site from an original size of 500MB!!
I'm about to check this site into a new subversion repository. The problem is, my subversion repository is remotely hosted so that another colleague can also work on the site.
I'm concerned about having to check in and out 200MB every time I have to make updates to the site.
Development is quite active so there will be lots of things changing on an ongoing basis.
Assuming I get everything checked in ok, will subversion ensure it's only download new/amended files/folders each time I do a new checkout or will I be waiting for 200MB to download every time?
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Unless I'm mistaken after the first check in/out you only handle .diff files so you only have to download/upload the changes (not the whole file just the lines that have been changed as long as the file is ASCII) that exists between the files on the client/server.
The first comit/update will be horrendous though.
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