On 15.02.2010 19:29, RHF wrote:
> On Feb 15, 11:51 am, Stefan Küng<tortoise..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 15.02.2010 16:18, RHF wrote:
>>
>>> Stefan,
>>
>>> I just checked out the latest nightly, 18591, and was delighted to see
>>> the modifications to support tagging externals. (I have not been
>>> following the discussions on the devel list.)
>>
>>> I tried it out with a sample test case and would like to pass on the
>>> following comments:
>>
>>> (1) It would be VERY helpful if there was a "Check all" button for
>>> selecting the externals to be tagged. Having to manually select a
>>> large number of library routines is inconvenient.
>>
>> How many externals do you have?
>
> 22 for my test case. I include my different library source routines
> into my projects as externals.
>
>>
>>> (2) After creating the tag in the repository, I then decided to
>>> checkout a local working copy. It appeared to work as expected,
>>> creating actual copies of all of the externals in the WC. However, it
>>> then continued processing the same files as externals, giving repeated
>>> 'External failed - cannot overwrite existing version...' errors. In
>>> the test tags repository, I see that both copies and externals of each
>>> file are present. Did I do something wrong to cause this?
>>
>> Could you provide us with the original svn:external value(s) and the
>> modified ones? That way I can check what went wrong and how TSVN
>> modified the properties.
>>
>
> I am not sure of the best way to do this. I have exported the
> svn:externals properties for both the original trunk,
> 'trunk.svnprops', and the checked out working copy of the tag,
> 'test1.svnprops'. Should I just send these two files using the Files
> 'upload new file"?
Yes, please do that.
> What I do not understand, however, is why the tagged WC even has
> svn:externals set in the properties.
> It has the actual local copies and does not need the externals.
> By the way, I am not positive, but I believe that I did the tag
> starting with a local WC.
Did it have svn:externals before the tagging?
Stefan
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