RE: Re: how to check in a symlink?

> From: John Peacock [mailto:jpeacock@rowman.com]
>
> Jeff Bowden wrote:
> > Exactly. Why would you want to check out a project with
> > symlinks on a platform that doesn't support them anyway?
> > Punting on Windows seems like the right solution.
>
> Why would you use a symlink in the first place?
>
> [HINT: it may be required to compile a sub-library]

No sub-library itself is ever going to require symlinks to compile on Windows, since Windows doesn't support links.

So, I guess you're talking about your main build scripts finding where the source etc. is for the sub-library.

In which case, I believe svn:externals will handle this very well...

Or, you "svn copy" your sub-library source into your main project", although that'll branch it. This may work if your sub-library isn't shared across multiple projects.

Or, your build system reads a config file that's checked into SVN, and the config file contains the version/path/... that indicates where the sub-library is stored. (I guess this is simulating symlinks using a text file that your build scripts know how to use)

Or, you have convention that your sub-library working copies are stored in the same directory as your main source working copy, so you know you go <main_working_copy_directory>/../<sub_library_name> to find it.

However you solve it, no Windows build script is ever going to require symlinks!

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