Re: Local changes to externals (Was: Removing externals)

On 05.05.2011 09:22, Hans-Emil Skogh wrote:
>>>>> It ignores all externals.
> ...
>> It ignores *local* changes to the svn:externals property by
>> default now. Only if you commit the changes, the default update
>> will also update the externals. If you want to have 'update'
>> respect your local modifications to the svn:externals property, you
>> have to do so in the "update to revision" dialog now.
>
> Oh! I think this is pretty bad. It really flies in the face of all
> test-before-you-commit practices. :-( If this change goes through I
> think I'll be seeing a lot more of broken commits, where externals
> are involved...
>
> Is there any way we can improve this on the TSVN-side? Either by
> making an update always honor the current WC state of all
> svn:externals properties (my preference), or by adding a checkbox to
> the edit svn:externals dialog that does the update automatically if
> the external is changed (hopefully default-checked..).

I'll add an option to change the default.
The current default is what the CL client will use as its default too,
because checking for local mods to external props takes a long time and
this was done for performance reasons.

Stefan

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