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Re: Final(?) Relative Externals format

From: Max Bowsher <maxb_at_ukf.net>
Date: 2005-01-26 16:06:06 CET

John Peacock wrote:
> Max Bowsher wrote:
>> svn_ra_get_repos_root should work just fine. Though solving 960 would
>> also be nice.
>
> No, I understand that the data is _available_ at the RA layer, but it
> isn't
> stored anywhere in the WC files. So, either 960 has to be implemented
> (probably by rewriting a certain percentage of the WC code) or some other
> command line option has to be added (perhaps as an option to `svn info`)
> to
> query the repository and return the repos-root. From the command-line
> user's
> standpoint, the repos-root is currently a hidden value.

Sure, fixing #960 would be *nice*. But it doesn't block the implementation
of repos-relative externals. Just makes them a tiny bit harder to set up.

Max.

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