Re: vote: checkout a single file - vs - checkout everything EXCEPT a single file

On Aug 18, 2005, at 7:01 AM, Vincent Starre wrote:

> But really this seems to miss the point. Really, svn:externals
> should be
> able to work on files, not just directories, shouldnt they?

Definitely. There's an issue open for that, along with the ability
for externals to be relative paths.

>
> Support for having those files not get re-downloaded each time
> would be
> nice, and is pretty much all that's required.

Ben Reser is working on a new UI that would allow one to explicitly
say "I want this thing" or "I don't want this thing", and then 'svn
up' would honor the stickiness. It's main use is so that people can
do "svn checkout --non-recursive", and then make things slowly
appear. But it could also be used to make single things disappear.

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Received on Thu Aug 18 15:35:49 2005