Re: Searching for Best Practice - Handle changes on files from a external Repo

raller09 wrote:
>how can i handle changes of files from a external repo?
>
>In my repo i need files from an external svn repo with only read
>access. I have to make changes to them.
>Should i add this files as external or as a copy without the reference
>to the original repository?
>
>
>Possible ways:
>
>1. Send the Changes to the owner of the other repo and hope he will
>integrate this.

that you should do in any case 8-)

>2. Check in a copy of the file in my repository and mark the revision
>of the original repo. Make my own changes. Merge the changes of a new
>revision in the original repo manually.

that's mostly what The Book#
        http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn-book.html

mentions as 'Vendor Branches'

http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn-book.html#svn.advanced.vendorbr

>[...]
>Can i checkout the external as "external" and commit changes into my
>repo (thats what i want, i think)?

that's not possible

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