2012/5/18 Daniel Morgan <m-daniel_at_apn.alpine.co.jp>:
>> I saw similar issues discussed on users_at_subversion several times
>> during last months, and it is not a bug. It is a feature that worked
>> by mistake. By "the feature" I mean including additional directories
>> into the filename of an external.
>>
>> I cannot say authoritatively about folder externals using this feature
>> (you'd better look at users(at)subversion.apache.org list and maybe
>> recent updates to the book), but in your case of file externals it is
>> little wonder that it does not work.
>>
>> File externals are known to be an odd beast since their birth. They
>> internally are implemented as a switched file. In your case "FD2/FD3"
>> does not belong to a working copy so it cannot contain switched files.
>> I do not know how it ever worked in svn 1.6.
>
> Thank you for your response.
> Let me edit the example repository to clear any confusions.
>
> TEST
> +---PRJ_A
> | +---branches
> | +---tags
> | \---trunk
> | \---FD1
> | \---FD2
> | \---FD3
> | test.txt
> \---PRJ_B
> +---branches
> +---tags
> \---trunk
> \---FD4
> \---FD5
> \---FD6
> test.txt
>
> svn:externals is set on PRJ_B\trunk\FD4 as:
> ^/PRJ_A/trunk/FD1/FD2/FD3/test.txt FD5/FD6/test.txt
>
> Folder FD5 and FD6 exist and belong to trunk of PRJ_B.
> I assume this means that FD5/FD6 does belong to the working copy.
>
> On the other hand, if I'm understanding the details in your response correctly, I am not using file externals the right way.
> If adding directory paths to a file external is a problem itself, the correct way to add the external would be to set it on PRJ_B\trunk\FD4\FD5\FD6 as:
> ^/PRJ_A/trunk/FD1/FD2/FD3/test.txt test.txt
>
> Is this what you were trying to point out?
>
Yes, you should set it on FD6.
Best regards,
Konstantin Kolinko
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