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<sect1 id="repo-convs-syncpaths">
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    <title>Syncronizing Repository Paths</title>
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    <para>  
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        Once both master and auxiliar paths have been related in the
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        repository, they shouldn't be changed except you absolutly
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        need to do so. In this cases, when you need to change master
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        or auxiliar paths, it is required that you also change the
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        relation between them so as to retain their bond.  This
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        process of keeping master and auxiliar paths
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        <quote>connected</quote> between themselves is known as
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        <emphasis>path syncronization</emphasis>.
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    </para>
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    <para>
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        Path syncronization is required for automation scripts to know
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        where to store final output, where to retrive translation
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        messages from, and whatever information you might need to
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        count with. If the relation between master paths and auxiliar
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        paths is lost, there is no way for automation scripts to know
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        where to retrive the information they need to work with or
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        where to store the output information produced from it.  Path
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        syncronization is the way we use through to organize and
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        extend the information stored in the repository.
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    </para>
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    <para>
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        Path syncronization involves both movement of files and
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        replacement of content inside files.  Movement of files is
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        related to actions like renaming files and directories inside
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        the repository.  Replacement of content inside files is
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        related to actions like replacing information (e.g., paths
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        information) inside files in order to keep file contents and
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        file locations consistent one another after a file movement.
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    </para>
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    <para>
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        The order followed to syncronize path information is very
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        important because the versioned nature of the files we are
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        working with. When a renaming action needs to be performed
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        inside the repository, we avoid making replacements inside
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        files first and file movements later. This would demand two
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        commit actions: one for the files' internal changes and
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        another for the file movement itself.  Otherwise, we prefer to
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        perform file movements first and files' internal replacements
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        later.  This way it is possible to commit both changes as if
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        they were just one.
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    </para>
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    <note>
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    <para>
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        There is no support for URLs actions inside
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        <command>centos-art.sh</command> script.  The
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        <command>centos-art.sh</command> script is designed to work
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        with local files inside the working copy only. If you need to
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        perform URL actions directly, use Subversion's commands
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        instead.
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    </para>
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    </note>
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    <para>
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        At this moment there is no full implementation of path
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        syncronization process inside <command>centos-art.sh</command>
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        script and it is somthing we need to do oursleves. However,
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        the <quote>texinfo</quote> backend of help
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        functionality which provides a restricted implementation of
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        path syncronization to this specific area of documentation
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        through the <option>--copy</option>, <option>--delete</option>
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        and <option>--rename</option> options you can take as
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        reference to implement it in other areas.
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    <para>
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        The plan for a full implementation of path syncronization
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        would be to create individual restricted implementations like
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        the one in <quote>texinfo</quote> backend for other areas that
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        demand it and then, create a higher implmentation that
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        combines them all as needed. This way, if we try to rename a
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        repository directory the higher action will define which are
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        all the restricted actions that should be performed in order
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        to make the full path syncronization.
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    <para>
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        For example, if the directory we are renaming is a master
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        path, it is required to syncronize the related output and
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        localization auxiliar paths. On the other hand, if the
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        directory we are renaming through full path syncronization is
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        an auxiliar path, it is required to determine first what is
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        the related master path and later, perform the syncronization
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        from master path to auxiliar paths as if the path provided
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        would be the master path not the auxiliar path.  
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    </para>
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