Re: doc quirks

Simon Large wrote:
> 2009/3/3 Stefan Küng <tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com>:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Just wanted to check whether the new feature in 1.6 'file externals' is
>> already in our docs (FYI: it's not yet). But while doing that I
>
> Not sure what to do with file externals. At the moment they are fairly
> buggy in that you cannot remove a file external from a WC (issue
> #3351) and you cannot add a binary file external (issue #3368). If we
> don't document people will ask if it is supported, and if we do
> document people will use them and complain about the bugs.

#3351 applies only to file externals that haven't been committed yet.
While that's clearly a bug, I don't think it's very serious since the
workaround is easy (commit the external, then remove it after the commit).

For issue #3368, there's already a patch available. Which is I think a
good sign that it might still have a chance to get fixed for 1.6 - if
not then at least for 1.6.1.

I suggest to still document the file externals. We can then add a
section to our release notes about 'known problems' with the externals.

Stefan

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