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Re: EXTERNALS table -- good or bad?

From: Neels J Hofmeyr <neels_at_elego.de>
Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2011 16:58:29 +0200

On 10/07/2011 02:18 PM, Bert Huijben wrote:
> I think you were the one that enabled processing svn:externals on local
> additions?

Can't say that I did :)

> (Impossible without EXTERNALS)

"Impossible" is such a strong word. Brief explanation?

> And file externals would be impossible to delete, except when using
> EXTERNALS.

Not sure about that, we do have that update_root column...

> (etc.)
(/me greps svn:log,dev@)

So in short, we are going to rely on the EXTERNALS table as the no.1 source
for information about svn:externals definitions, i.e. keep the table
up-to-date at all times. It's more than just a cache. Right?

~Neels

Received on 2011-10-08 16:59:10 CEST

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