Question on the description of file externals

Hi Simon,

while trying to translate the section on file externals I got stuck on
the following paragraph:

---SNIP---
The path to the file external must be in a working copy that is already
checked out. While directory externals can place the external directory
at any depth and it will create any intermediate directories, file
externals must be placed into a working copy that is already checked out.
---SNIP---

1) What does this mean? Does it mean that the svn:externals property for
files can only be set in an already checked out working copy and not via
the repo browser?

2) What do you mean by: "While directory externals can place the
external directory at any depth...?" What is depth in this context?

3) Why do you repeat the first sentence again at the end? To me it
sounds a bit like "you have to place file externals in a working copy
that is already checked out, because you have to place file externals in
a working copy that is already checked out."

Cheers
-Lübbe

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Received on 2009-03-25 17:01:23 CET