svn: is 'trunk' simply a directory?

StackOverflow https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10062689

  •  30-05-2021
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Question

Many subversion repositories have a trunk subdirectory under the root of the repository.

Is the trunk directory in svn simply a directory with a name that follows a convention, or does the name trunk have special meaning hard-coded into subversion?

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Solution

Yes, having a trunk directory is simply a convention and is treated just like any other directory. You can have a Subversion repository without a trunk, and you can do your daily development work out of a directory with a different name.

OTHER TIPS

It is just a convention.

However many tools that import/export export data between svn and other source control systems or tools that use the code (for example GUI interfaces) assume this convention to handle meanings properly.

Like Artyom and Nick Meyer have already written, it's a convention. Look at the SVN Book for more detailed information; http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.branchmerge.using.html

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