Re: Finishing relative svn:externals

Carlos Alberto Costa Beppler wrote:
> Why not use ~/ in relative repository root? Then:
>
> relative to repository root
> ~/branches/1.4.x

For one reason, because the tilda is expanded by some/most shells under
*nix, so it would have to be escaped for correct operation. The
circumflex doesn't suffer from that limitation (AIUI).

John

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