From: Wilson Bilkovich <wilsonb@...>
Date: 2007-08-16T11:22:17+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] rubyhitsquad's vlad 1.0.0 Released

On 8/15/07, Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@path.berkeley.edu> wrote:
> Ryan Davis wrote:
> > * Uses ssh with your ssh settings already in place.
> > * Uses rsync for efficient transfers.
>
> Since you're using the external ssh program, you might consider using
> the -S option in ssh. It lets you pay the setup cost (authentication,
> tcp connect) once per host, rather than once per ssh or rsync
> invocation. Makes a big difference with slow networks or many invocations.
>

We considered this, but there's a bug in the current version of svn
that breaks when you use ControlMaster.  We're going to document how
to enable it in your ssh config file without breaking anything,
however.  You just can't use it on hosts you intend to 'svn+ssh' into.

--Wilson.