Test run of my repos modification script: < 10 seconds

“Live” run of my repos modification script: > 10 minutes

The difference? Tests are done on a local clone and the live run is done against a server sitting out on the WAN.

You should have seen how long it took when I was doing iterative checks over the network instead of capturing the output of a giant svn ls operation.

The good news being, it all works so I can go home now!