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Asked: 2026-05-11T10:43:17+00:00

I have multiple website projects in a single repository each of which have a

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I have multiple website projects in a single repository each of which have a copy of WordPress. Updating WordPress means updating all project folders and keeping redundant copies. This is useful for my rsync scripts which sync the entire folder. It also gives me fully working local copies of the site.

There are a number of ways I can see of improving this and would like some feedback. I’m on Windows and recently migrated to Subversion.

  1. Create symbolic links to the WordPress bits in each website folder. Will this hold up in Subversion and Apache. Any drawbacks?
  2. Have a single WordPress folder and branch it into the other website trunks. I read that branches are cheap and a single copy is maintained but I am not sure if branching should be done across trunks. Personally, I think this is the best approach. Is there any reason to avoid this?
  3. Lastly, I could keep the current structure and use a script to make copies across all website folders.

What’s the best approach and are there any alternate solutions?

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  1. One option would be to separate the WordPress bits out into a separate repository (since it’s not really part of your projects, it’s just something you use to build them), and then use svn:externals to fetch that into your projects in the correct locations.

    Externals Definitions in the SVN book

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