Re: [Issue 4225] Add --include-externals option to 'svn list'

On 10/23/2012 01:46 PM, Bert Huijben wrote:
> Before looking at the details some questions about the issue space:
>
> How do you handle externals that are stored in svn:externals many directory
> levels up? (Or even defined from above the current external)
>
> How do you handle externals between multiple repositories?
>
> How do you avoid infinite recursion (when an svn:external directly or
> indirectly includes its parent)?

I would naturally assume that 'svn ls' behaves the same as 'svn export' in
these situations.

 - externals defined outside the subtree which is being listed don't
   get processed.

 - externals which point to other repositories get listed from those
   repositories.

 - infinite recursion runs infinitely. :-) That's not ideal, I
   know, but it is consistent with what happens today, if I'm not
   mistaken. Any improvements we can make here for export/checkout/
   update/etc. would likely help the list case, too.

-- 
C. Michael Pilato <cmpilato_at_collab.net>
CollabNet   <>   www.collab.net   <>   Enterprise Cloud Development