SVN and transformations

[juliovaz]

Hi,

This is probably a pretty dumb question because I'm not as familiar with SVN as I should be but I was wondering a little about how transformations work with SVN. Do you have to have everything you require in your working copy or can you just start with a map file (assuming DITA) and the transform would copy what's needed?

Thanks.

[adrian]

Hi,

It's generally a good idea to have a local working copy with everything you need and work with that. The working copy can be used for both editing and transformations. This method usually gives the best results when it comes to transformation speed, you just have to synchronize and update it from the repository from time to time (which is standard behavior for Subversion).

Oxygen does offer the possibility to open and transform the DITA map directly from the repository if you provide it with an appropriate HTTP URL (Note that you can't edit this way). When you run the transformation, it will attempt to resolve all linked resources from the remote location and it will eventually retrieve them (if available) locally to the temporary folder of the configured DITA transformation.
While this is possible, I would still recommend using the local working copy method since it's the path most traveled.

Regards,
Adrian

[juliovaz]

Thanks, Adrian.

Just wanted to know if it was possible to transform by just opening the root map and running a scenario against it. I'm just experimenting with different things to see what would be the best way to go.