Antivirus and Indexing Service on Windows: How TortoiseSVN deals with it

[Adrian Buehlmann]

No surprise - it seems TortoiseSVN is plagued by antivirus scanners as well:
http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=4061&dsMessageId=2437253

They have added an entry to their FAQ that recommends to turn off the indexing service
on the working copies and repositories, and exclude them from virus scans:
http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/faq.html#cantmove2

It's probably best to recommend the same for all mercurial repository roots as well.

See also http://mercurial.selenic.com/bts/issue?@search_text=&title=virus&@action=search