Re: Question on the description of file externals

2009/3/25 Lübbe Onken <luebbe.tortoisesvn_at_googlemail.com>:
> 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."

Hmm, not very good, is it. I will change this.

directory externals can include a (relative) path in the destination
spec, and intermediate directories will be created, e.g.

http://example.com/trunk/doc dir1/dir2/dir3/doc
This will create dir1/dir2/dir3/doc in your WC and checkout into doc.

For file externals you cannot specify directories. the file must
appear in the directory that is specified. See the svn 1.6 release
notes.

Simon

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