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julienV, Symlinks are a brilliant idea.  That's the best thing I've heard so far.  However, I am confused about something else.  You guys keep referring to these "site" and "admin" folders.  What is that?  I have a bunch of .zip files here of components that I use, and I can't fi...

But do you run an installation of Joomla per component your are developing, or just one overall Joomla installation to house all the components you are developing?  The problem I see with that, is that Subversion does not like it when you checkout a project inside of another project.

That is an interesting idea.  Do you maintain a separate working copy for each component you are developing?

Thanks Ian.  I have a few questions now.  This is where you lost me: and then I export a copy of the SVN repository over top of it.  Whenever I want to update Joomla!, I just do another svn export. What do you mean by that?  Why would you checkout and export into the same working...

Can a moderator let me know if this question is in the appropriate forum?  I would really appreciate being able to speak with a developer about how one goes about this sort of thing.

Thanks for this advice. So, how do you setup your working project?  For example, you obviously can't test the component, unless it is installed into a working copy of Joomla.  But since your working file structure, and your SVN repository structure are differing, I am at a loss as to how y...

Hello, I am looking for some advice on how to organize a component in a repository, such as Subversion. What I have noticed with many components, is that typically there is a disjoint between how a .zip distribution of a component is organized, and how those files actually get placed into Joomla. So...