Dear Mr. Torreblanca,
I have tried the alternative syntax as you have suggested.
Unfortunately, it does not work. :(
^/path/to/foo foo_at_90
It is kinda strange that the old syntax works flawlessly while the new
syntax doesn't. This bug holds us from merging to the new syntax.
Regards,
*Janus Ng*
System Analyst
Technical Department
Asia Vision Technology Ltd.
Tel: (852) 2319 2648 ext: 283 Fax: (852) 2319 2665
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Daniel Torreblanca wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 10:52 PM, Janus Ng <janusng_at_asiavision.com.hk> wrote:
>
>> Dear Developers,
>>
>> We have encountered a problem on using external repo with the new syntax introduced on version 1.5.
>>
>> For a target path no longer exists on the head revision, the svn:external fails with the new syntax. e.g.
>>
>>
>>> svn rename foo bar
>>>
>> A bar
>> D foo
>>
>>> svn commit -m "renamed foo to bar"
>>>
>> Adding bar
>>
>> Committed revision 100.
>>
>>> cd ../baz
>>>
>> #### new syntax ####
>>
>>> svn propset svn:externals -r 90 ^/path/to/foo foo
>>> svn update
>>>
>> A ~/svnrepo/baz/foo
>> svn: external failed (details below):
>> svn: URL '/svn/shared/!svn/bc/100/path/to/foo' path not found
>> #### old syntax ####
>>
>>> svn propset svn:externals foo -r 90 ^/path/to/foo
>>> svn update
>>>
>> A ~/svn/repo/baz/foo - at revision: 90
>> Updated to revision 100.
>>
>> The bug exists since svn 1.5 and it is still there in version 1.6.6.
>>
>
> I'm not _entirely_ sure on this but I think that Subversion uses a
> default peg revision of HEAD for externals, and that file doesn't
> exist at HEAD. Try using peg revision syntax to define your external:
> ^/path/to/foo foo_at_90
>
> Daniel
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>
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