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Q: Any reason for using 'svn co' instead of 'svn export'? export is way faster for these situations and it doesn't create all the .svn files.

A: Look at http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=245213

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Just wondering if the versionpkg part will be removed - I hear that makepkg now has versionpkgs functionality... --ak5 16:55, 8 June 2008 (EDT)

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