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Re: [TSVN] Update of externals

From: John Doisneau <jdoisneau_at_gmail.com>
Date: 2005-08-30 12:08:10 CEST

> No, it's just that Subversion changed the behaviour of externals.
> Before, even if the URL of the external changed, Subversion 'switched'
> the wc to the new URL. But that caused problems, so they changed it so
> that if the URL changes, a complete new checkout is done.

Hmmm, does this mean that there is no need anymore for the SVNCOPY.PL
perl script?

--------------------- you wrote:

On 8/30/05, Simon Large <simon@skirridsystems.co.uk> wrote:

> I just updated TSVN trunk following the SVN1.2.3 release and I noticed
> that the progress dialog shows many files 'Added' in the Subversion
> folder, but none 'Updated' (see screenshot). Is there something wrong
> with the status decoding for externals in this dialog?

No, it's just that Subversion changed the behaviour of externals.
Before, even if the URL of the external changed, Subversion 'switched'
the wc to the new URL. But that caused problems, so they changed it so
that if the URL changes, a complete new checkout is done.

Stefan

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