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Re: Behaviour of "externals"

From: Andy Levy <andy.levy_at_gmail.com>
Date: 2007-09-28 14:19:34 CEST

On 9/28/07, Thomas.TW.Wild@partner.bmw.de <Thomas.TW.Wild@partner.bmw.de> wrote:
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> WinXP SP2
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> TortoiseSVN-1.4.5.10425-win32-svn-1.4.5.msi
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> I've set 2 externals in TortoiseSVN, where 2 different repository paths
> should be located as externals under a common directory "DirA" (All checked
> out objects are in the same repository):
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> DirA\ExtA <repository path for ExtA>
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> DirA\ExtB <repository path for ExtB>
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> I commited this change and a subsequent update created all directories I
> wanted in the WC.
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> My directory structure is as follows:
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> WorkingCopyDir
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> DirA
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> ExtA
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> ExtB
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> OtherDirs
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> I changed some things in ExtA. "Check for modifications" dialogue shows all
> changes corretly.
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> The following commit dialogue (in "WorkingCopyDir") showed the changes at
> ExtA (and all possible others) correctly, but the commit action showed no
> actions and reported "Finished!" . The changed files were not commited then.
> I was only able to commit the changes by doing it from the directory "ExtA".
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> I think this is a bug.

This isn't a bug. Externals are a separate working copy from their
parent. A commit can only operate on one working copy. Therefore, a
commit from WorkingCopyDir will never operate on ExtA, ExtB, etc. You
have to commit those separately.

Please read http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.4/svn.advanced.externals.html

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