I now use svn:externals heavily; I like it funcitonally, but it seems to
be slower than svn-switched directories, and the output from "svn
status" and "svn update" is a lot more verbose than svn switch. Are
there any options to optimize this?
Russ Lewis wrote:
> Too cool!
> Thanks.
>
> Dale Hirt wrote:
>
>> Russ,
>>
>> Have you tried using svn:externals to point to the cebu location?
>> This works even if they are in two different repositories.
>>
>> Check out http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.1/ch07s04.html
>>
>> Dale
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Russ Lewis [mailto:webmaster@villagersonline.com]
>> Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 10:13 AM
>> To: users@subversion.tigris.org
>> Subject: Automatic switch of a directory?
>>
>>
>> I find myself using "svn switch" as a very handy way to bring certain
>> code libraries or utilities into my other projects. For instance, I
>> have a tool (tracked by SVN) called "dfront" which references another
>> tool, "cebu." What I would do is to create a dummy directory
>> dfront/cebu, which just contains a text file that says "remember to
>> svn switch this directory to cebu". Very cool.
>>
>> However, I'm now finding myself wanting this to happen automatically
>> when I check out dfront. That is, I would like to be able to set a
>> special property or something such that each time I check out
>> "dfront", it automatically svn switches the "cebu" directory to the
>> right SVN source.
>>
>> Q1: Is there already some trick to do this that I don't know about?
>> Perhaps a way to automatically run a certain script when a directory
>> is checked out? (Yes, I know that that would be problematic if you're
>> mixing Windows and Unix boxen.)
>>
>> Q2: Any thoughts about whether this is a desirable feature in
>> general? Do other people do things like this? If this was automated,
>> what would happen if you accidentally created a loop of automatic SVN
>> switching?
>>
>> Russ Lewis
>> New (and avid) SVN user
>>
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