Hello Stefan and Ben,
thanks for both replies.
If it is documented then it is okay, it means that it is no more ambiguous.
I like the idea that I can do commit in my externals and probably also the
update part could make sense if used in the correct way.
I will let people at my company know better about the reason why it is so.
Thanks again and kind regards,
Mauro
On 28 February 2014 17:38, Stefan Küng <tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> On 28.02.2014 15:58, Mauro Brenna wrote:
> > I am not sure it is intentional. For me it sounds as an ambiguous
> > behaviour and in my opinion, ambiguity should be avoided.
> > If it is a 'feature' then it should be documented.
>
> It is documented in the svn book.
>
> > I think the main reason why it is working like that is that the search
> > for the property is just propagated to subfolders but not upwards, so if
> > the root folder has a different property this is not checked.
> > I would like to have some more opinions in merit.
>
> An external folder is a separate working copy. That's why when you don't
> treat it as an external it is completely independent and works like any
> other working copy. That also means that it does not know about the
> outer working copy where the external property is set.
>
> >
> > Sure, I will print a big paper in the company where I am working with
> > written 'don`t do that', but I hope it will be a temporary solution.
>
> It won't be temporary because that won't change.
>
> Stefan
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