Re: Question about svn:externals linking within a repository

Simon Large wrote:
> TortoiseSVN commits _from_ a single working copy _to_ the repository.
> You can only commit changed files at or below the folder level you run
> the commit from.
>
Isn't more correct to say that:
TortoiseSVN commits from a single folder /a/ of a working copy all of
the folders {/b/, /c/, /d/...}within (and below) the folder /a/, to the
single repository A that working copy /a/ was checked out from. The
folders {/b/, /c/, /d/...} could have been checked out from anywhere in
the repository A via svn:externals, or local file system copies/moves.
If the folders {/b/, /c/, /d/...} were checked out from other
repositories than A, they will not be committed.

(I've seen a case where a subfolder of the repository trunk was checked
out and moved into a working copy of the branch and there was much
confusion about why changes and commits to the branch didn't result in
other developers getting copies of the fixed code. Careful examination
of the commit log demonstrated that the working copy structure can bear
little relationship to the repository structure.)

-Jason

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Jason Harrison
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