Re: [TSVN] can't set svn:externals property to reference a directorywith a space

Simon Large wrote:
> Peter McNab wrote:
>> Stefan Küng wrote:
>>> Charles Doucette wrote:
>>>> Obviously, the problem is that the directory which I added to my
>>>> repository and that I'm trying to reference
>>>> via svn:externals contains a space. When I renamed my directory in
>>>> the repository to change the space
>>>> into an underscore (and then made the corresponding change to the
>>>> value of the svn:externals property),
>>>> everything worked fine.
>>>
>>> URLs in the svn:externals property *must* be properly URI encoded. So
>>> instead of a space, you have to write %20. Then it will work.
>>>
>> Could one use quotes around the filename?
>
> That won't help. This is a URL, not a filename, and spaces (and various
> other characters) must be escaped in URLs. In many cases TSVN does that
> for you automatically, so you don't often see it.

If TortoiseSVN used a separate dialog for setting up externals (which
would be a good idea anyway) then the URLs could be escaped on entry and
unescaped for viewing. A buttons for selecting URLs using the
repository browser could be there and I am sure there is scope for more
helpful features.

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