Mercurial on shared network drive?
- by user1164199
Right now I have my repo on my local drive. In order to back it up, I have to copy .hg to a window's network drive.
At
Is it a good idea to put Mercurial Repository in shared Network drive?, Lasse Karlsen said the repo shouldn't be on a shared folder on a network server because "mercurial cannot reliably hold locks in all situations".
Would this still be an issue when the repository is only updated by a single user?
If so, can someone explain to me why the corruption happens?
A while back our IT had problem setting up a mercurial server.
I am very fond of mercurial (it has a great interface and is very easy to work with), but if it's going to be such a pain in the neck to set up for multiple users, I am willing to look for something else. Does anyone have any suggestions (with reasons)?
I am looking for a revision control program that has the following attributes:
2. Good interface (allow you to easily see revision and changes to the code over multiple revisions).
3. Work as a local repo or a network repo.
4. IT will feel comfortable installing on their network.
Thanks,
Stephen