svn:externals options (was: Re: non-recursive checkout with later added subfolders)

> lets say i have a reopsitory-layout like this:
>
> trunk/file1
> trunk/file2
> trunk/file3
> trunk/subdir1/...
> trunk/subdir2/...
> trunk/subdir3/...
>
> i need file file1-3 AND everything from subdir1, so i do:
> cd ~
> svn co http://.../trunk/ workingdir --non-recursive
> cd ~/workingdir
> svn co http://.../tunk/subdir1 subdir1
>
> then when i modify and files within subdir1 and i do a
> cd ~/workingdir
> svn st
>
> i get:
> ? subdir1
> It shows only the modified files from workingdir, not from subdir1.
>
>
> how can i tell subversion that it should use subdir1 too?

I had the brief thought that svn:externals could help here, but it seems
you can't use -N in the options section.

Does anyone else think that'd be useful?

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Andrew Thompson
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