Re: [TSVN] svn:externals behaviour, simple question

Molle Bestefich wrote:
> Just found the svn:externals tag, it seems mighty useful for what I want to do.
>
> But there is a problem with it; which is that it seems to be
> inconsistent, which perhaps should be fixed in TSVN?
>
> Inconsistence:
>
> I checkout something, which somewhere along includes a folder with a
> svn:externals tag on it.
> That folder gets checked out, and the externals get checked out also. Fine.
>
> Whenever I do an update, that folder gets updated from the external
> repo too. Nice..
>
> But if I change something beneath the folders that happens to be
> externals, and commit the top folder, none of the changes propagate
> through to the repository? There's not a warning or anything, just an
> empty commit dialog?
>
> Is this a bug or is it just me?

Externals _can't_ be committed in the same step as the 'normal' working
copy. That's why they're not shown in the commit dialog. But there
should be a warning shown that externals have local modifications.
Are you sure there wasn't a warning dialog?

Stefan

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