'svn checkout' only works on directories, not single files. And the
svn:externals feature is essentially nothing but a list of extra
directories to checkout. There are plans, I believe, to make
svn:externals able to checkout a single file someday. Until then,
there's no workaround that I can think of.
On Jun 7, 2005, at 12:35 PM, allan juul wrote:
> hi
>
> given that i have an external definition structure like:
>
> /externals/proj1/file1
> /externals/proj1/file2
> /externals/proj1/file3
>
> /externals/proj2/file21
> /externals/proj2/file22
> /externals/proj2/file23
>
>
> is it possible to get all 6 files from the above sub dirs into *one*
> dir during a check out, so that i end up with ?
>
> /my_externals/file1
> /my_externals/file2
> /my_externals/file3
> /my_externals/file21
> /my_externals/file22
> /my_externals/file23
>
>
> i seem to be able to get the files from one dir only.
>
> this is possible:
>
> $ svn propedit svn:externals mainproject
>
> my_externals URL/externals/proj1/
> my_externals URL/externals/proj2/
>
> but only proj2 gets checked out
>
>
>
> ./allan
>
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