Re: taking temperature on externals

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 6:06 PM, Neels Janosch Hofmeyr <neels_at_elego.de>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> for an article on Subversion 1.6 we're writing, I'd like to know what the
> intentions are with the externals feature.
>
> I notice that there is a difference in behaviour: the new file externals
> are
> included in a recursive commit, while directory externals simply aren't.

This is actually a concern of one of the companies I have helped get into
subversion as they would like to compose a set of projects from a set of
code consisting of common and project specific elements. (Large code
base and strange layout so the externals thing really could work) The
commit "problem" is a bit of a stumbling block there.

What are the intentions? Some users out there seem very eager to have some
> way of allowing recursive commits of external directories. Is that probable
> to ever happen?

If someone steps up to the plate - I don't currently have time (albeit I
would
love to work on this as the rules seem rather simple to follow. This would
only
be for repository relative externals and not cross-repository externals and
only for non-specific revisions. There are a few complicating factors with
respect to finding the correct paths and access rights...

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