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RE: Externals: Multiple definitions for the same path

From: Bert Huijben <bert_at_qqmail.nl>
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 15:43:47 +0200

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MARTIN PHILIP [mailto:codematters_at_ntlworld.com] On Behalf Of
> Philip Martin
> Sent: vrijdag 7 september 2012 15:27
> To: Walter Klust
> Cc: dev_at_subversion.apache.org
> Subject: Re: Externals: Multiple definitions for the same path
>
> I suppose we could define the order for a single svn:externals but users
> can also use multiple svn:externals:
>
> svn ps svn:externals ^/X1 A/B/C' .
> svn ps svn:externals ^/X2 B/C' ./A
>
> There has been at least one report that something like (I don't remember
> the exact details):
>
> svn ps svn:externals ^/X1 A/B' .
> svn ps svn:externals ^/X2 B/C' ./A
>
> worked in 1.6 and didn't work in 1.7.

Defining a strict and stable order now would make it impossible to add
things like parallel updates later.

We don't promise the order in which an svn update processes your working
copy either. We just promise that it gets to a final state when the update
is completed.
(And that you get notifications and a lot of other things...)

        Bert
Received on 2012-09-07 15:44:25 CEST

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