On Nov 4, 2011, at 15:52, Richard Cavell wrote: > In a URL such as: > > file:///one/two/three/four > > It may be that the repository is actually at /one/two, and the three/four are > directories within the repository. > > How does subversion identify which slashes are virtual and which ones are > real? Does it search each part of the path to see if it's a valid > repository, and then step into it?
I don't know how Subversion does it. Does it matter? > Is there a way, or a need, to ever tell svn which part of the URL is real and > which is virtual? No. However, you can get Subversion to tell you; look in "svn info file:///one/two/three/four".
