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Re: [Subclipse-users] RFC: behavior when committing "through" externals

From: Mark Phippard <markphip_at_gmail.com>
Date: 2007-01-29 15:18:42 CET

On 1/29/07, Reinhard Brandstaedter <Reinhard.Brandstaedter@jku.at> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've got a question about subclipse handling externals when it comes to
> committing changes.
>
> If I commit on a top level folder and below that folder (maybe deep
> inside) externals are defined these externals are committed also.
>
> While this happens transparent to the user it might cause problems:
> - the user doesn't know that he commits to an external repository or
> path if he changes the content of a folder fetched through an external.
>
> - If the external was specified with a -r option and someone else checks
> out the tree he won't get the changes someone committed
>
> In my opinion the user should be notified that he's committing to an
> external.
> I think TortoiseSVN ignores (or ignored - it's been some time since I
> used it) the externals and you have to explicitly commit them "by hand".
> An Option "Also try to commit externals when committing" in the
> Subclipse Preferences (default off maybe) would help here....
>
> Is this possible? If yes I'd like to submit it as an improvement.

Patches are always welcome. Just include as much information as possible
with the patch that describes what you did and why.

-- 
Thanks
Mark Phippard
http://markphip.blogspot.com/
Received on Mon Jan 29 15:18:55 2007

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