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Re: Single file externals plan

From: Sander Striker <s.striker_at_striker.nl>
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:56:41 +0200

On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 8:18 PM, Karl Fogel <kfogel_at_red-bean.com> wrote:
> Blair Zajac <blair_at_orcaware.com> writes:
> > Here's my current thinking on behavior and implementation.
> >
> > - Support only intra-repository file externals. This will allow the
> > svn client to effectively do a 'touch foo; svn add foo; svn switch URL
> > foo' to have a external in the wc (those actual commands only work in
> > a 1.5 client). So unlike a directory external, the .svn/entries file
> > has entries for file externals. This is needed for supporting all the
> > client commands on a file. I don't see modifying the existing
> > directory behavior.
>
> Before implementing this, it might be good to find out how often people
> use intra-repository externals at all. My guess (uneducated, anecdotal,
> etc) is: not much. Certainly most of the externals I set are coming
> from other repositories...

I think you'll find it is used more intra-repository than you'd expect.

Sander

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