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Re: [TSVN] Working copy in a working copy

From: SteveKing <steveking_at_gmx.ch>
Date: 2005-03-13 12:31:09 CET

Kevin Fucik wrote:

> we probably have an a bit uncommon or even strange directory structure
> in our project.
> First, there's the main repository storing our source code and some
> program resource files. On the other hand, we have a second repository
> containing larger binary data files. The binary stuff is in a seperate
> repository because of backup reasons and such things.

Nothing unusual so far.

> Now what we do is check out the second (data) repository into a
> sub-folder of the first repository's working copy. Ok, the check-out
> doesn't work directly, we checked it out somewhere else and moved the
> second working copy to its destination. The sub-folder the second
> working copy is in is unversioned, so it's not part of the first
> repository. Looks like:

1. you _can_ checkout another 'project' into a working copy by first
creating an empty folder in the wc, then check out into that empty folder.
2. why don't you use the svn:external property to include that
automatically into your working copy?

> OurProject <- Wc of repository 1
> \-- Stuff <- versioned folder
> \-- Binaries <- Wc of repository 2, unversioned in
> repository 1
> \-- More stuff <- another versioned folder
>
> For those who may wonder: it works. No problems caused by adding,
> updating or commiting files in the first or second repository.
> The only problem we have is that TortoiseSVN doesn't treat the folder of
> the second repository (named 'Binaries' here) as a working copy. The
> folder is shown without overlay symbol and the context-menu of the
> folder doesn't offer the SVN commit/ update commands, only check-out.
> However, if one right-clicks in Explorer's list-view on an item withing
> the working copy and then immediately right-clicks again on an empty
> space, the context-menu for the folder (sometimes) comes up right _with_
> commit/ update menu items. And yes, commit/ update then works perfectly
> for the whole working copy.
>
> Can this be fixed, so the SVN context-menu will show up correctly for
> folder 'Binaries'? Or is this repository structure just too stupid? ;-)

This is already fixed in HEAD.

Stefan

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Received on Sun Mar 13 12:31:47 2005

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