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Re: Cannot use directories named "global" in svn:externals?

From: Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 14:30:33 -0400

On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 11:54 AM, David Weintraub <qazwart_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 10:14 AM, Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm working with Subversion 1.6.11 and 1.6.12 on RHEL 5, and have
>> noticed an svn:externals issue. If I attempt to use a target directory
>> named "global", it breaks the checkout in various confusing ways. For
>> example:
>>
>> svn proplist -v .
>> Properties on '.':
>>  svn:externals
>>    test    svn://testrepo/repo/test
>>    global    svn://testrepo/repo/global
>>
>> svn update
>> Fetching external item into 'global'
>> svn: warning: Unrecognized format for the relative external URL 'test'
>>
>
> Nothing wrong with using global in a URL, does that directory exist on
> your Subversion server?

It does. I tracked it down to a setting on the svn:externals of the
'global' directory itself, apparently from when I was creating the new
svn:externals setting, but it's tied to some other issues I'll address
separately.
Received on 2010-07-09 20:32:13 CEST

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