Re: removing a directory and externals

On 09.12.2014 12:43, Ben Fritz wrote:

>> Also, the 'svn st' won't show the status properly for the external
>> folder in this situation, you'd have to show the status for the external
>> directly.
>>
>
> I guess that's why folders like these don't have an overlay icon. Good
> to know! I always wondered about that.

Yes.
The status cache works around this problem. However a simple 'svn st'
shows different status depending on where it was executed from with such
setups.
If you do it directly on the external or from the working copy folder
where the property is set, you can get different status reports.

>> Most functions work though, but as I said, some don't (at least not as
>> most users expect them to). So I really don't recommend that kind of
> setup.
>>
>
> The main time I've found it useful is to create something like this:
>
> extern/somelib/include
> extern/somelib/lib
>
> from a source project like this:
>
> /somelib/trunk/include
> /somelib/trunk/lib
> /somelib/trunk/src
> /somelib/trunk/projects
> /somelib/trunk/rehost
> /somelib/trunk/doc
>
> keeping all svn:externals definitions centrally on the "extern" folder.

Sure, just add the 'extern' folder to version control, and 'somelib' as
well. And then add the properties to the 'somelib' folder.

Stefan

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