On 13.07.2010 22:44, meatwork wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Today I ran into a lot of trouble.
> We are using svn:externals to link in 3rdparty modules in our
> software. According to the svnbook and the tooltip with the
> svn:external in TortoiseSVN, the way to do it, is to use the following
> syntax:
>
> -r<revision> <url/path_in_repos> <local_checkout_folder>
>
> Yesterday I modified one of the 3rdparty modules by changing the
> folder structure. As a result, the path_in_repos was changed,but I
> assumed that it would not be an issue, since I specified a revision
> earlier than this one.
> Surprisingly though, the original path could no longer be found,
> although at the specified revision it was still there!
> Finally, I found out that Subversion uses two methods to specify the
> revision:
>
> 1. -r<revision> <url/path_in_repos> <local_checkout_folder>
>
> and
>
> 2.<url/path_in_repos>@<revision> <local_checkout_folder>
>
> Where for method 1 SVN first tries to locate the path_in_repos and
> then traverses to the specified revision, which obviously results in a
> message that the old path_in_repos no longer exists at the head
> revision.
> For the second method (PEG revision) SVN first locates the revision
> and then the path_in_repos, which results in the folder being checked
> out as expected.
>
> Now, based on the above, the PEG revision method seems like the
> preferred (most save) method to me. But both in SVNBook and
> TortoiseSVN (svn:external tooltip), the first method is suggested.
Actually, to do what you want you have to use both:
-r<revision> <url/path_in_repos>@<pegrevision> <local_checkoutfolder>
I've updated the tooltip accordingly.
Stefan
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Received on 2010-07-14 18:36:57 CEST