Re: how to make svn _follow_ symbolic links?

>> > Yes, the files I want to reuse are not versioned in a public
>> > repository, nor do I see any reason for them to be.
>
> Well if you don't want them to be versioned then Subversion has
> nothing to do with them.

  I guess I wasn't clear: I don't want them versioned separately, but of
course I want to commit them to the two repositories I have mentioned.
The problem is that I cannot and I don't want to point from one
repository to the other.

> Ok, then scratch externals entirely. Commit the file to both
> repositories and invent a way to keep them synchronized.

  But hasn't this way been invented a long time ago? I think this is
exactly what symbolic links are for! The only obstacle is that svn
chokes on symbolic links and that's why I am discussing it here.
  Is there any reason not to implement following symbolic links? Is it a
design decision or just due to the fact that no one requested it so far?
Again, shall I write a feature request?

Best,
  Misha

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Received on 2009-07-21 22:05:46 CEST