Re: pin externals when creating a copy from specific revision

Stefan Kueng wrote:
>I'm still doing some testing with the new --pin-externals feature, and I
>found a situation which I'm not sure should be handled that way:
>
>imagine the repo is at r100. Now if one does a
>svn copy http://server/trunk http://server/branches/b1 -r50 --pin-externals
>
>then all externals get pinned at r100. But shouldn't in-repo externals
>get pinned to r50 instead? At least in this kind of copy, I think those
>externals should get pinned to r50?

just thinking out loud: would making --pin-externals require/allow a
revision parameter be an alternative?

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Lorenz