"Hamilton Link" <helink@sandia.gov> writes:
> I would like the option of the following, but (maybe with some good
> reason I didn't think of) nobody has mentioned it. Maybe I missed it,
> maybe the assumption is that it will be possible, I dunno.
>
> parent\foo.h
> parent\mysubmods <- when parent is checked out this is activated
> parent\submodule1\argle.h
>
> Now, I don't fully understand the property thing, so it's not clear if
> the properties are version controlled in the same manner as a
> fully-formed modules file would be, but unless dealing with properties
> is a day-in, day-out activity with SVN that everyone does I'd just as
> soon have a file.
Basically, the property does what you want (the property replaces the
file `mysubmods' in your example). Yes, properties are versioned :-).
> b) Can the default behavior of checkouts and updates etc in a system
> with submodules be decided based on the nature of the checkout options
> in such a file? (or as if there was a file, if no file actually
> manifests in the final design -- there was some suggestion that
> submodules just be properties on the parent's directory, and the final
> decision on that wasn't clear)
Yes, a module can target a specific revision or it can track head.
Does this address your concerns?
-K
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Received on Tue May 21 22:52:22 2002