Jose, we also thought in something like the solution you propose. But we have the feeling that something like that would make our repository huge and every day the percentage of relevant information would decrease. And, although I know permissions per directory are possible, we like how simple permissions to developers based on repositories are.

But, anyway, this is just my solution. Not a perfect one at all.

svn st ~/src/repo-[123]

At least, I have been able to run ‘svn status’ with more than one working copy listed on the command line when they were all from the one repository; I don’t know if there is some special rule saying that you can’t do this if they are from different repositories.

Also, given that Alex mentioned e-mail notifications, let’s not forget that Warehouse (and also other web front-ends such as WebSVN) allow you to subscribe using RSS. I haven’t used this myself but one of my co-workers tracks changes this way.

Here you have a copy. The idea is just to save the changes in a log file and then mail it to me with a custom format. That way if someone makes a little change in one svn, I can see it next morning.

Though SVN may not be the most perfect solution, I have definitely come to appreciate it, and version control in general. It saves lives in a very painless way.

Hope its helpful!