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Re: Making a copy that follows?

From: Ryan Schmidt <subversion-2006c_at_ryandesign.com>
Date: 2006-08-30 23:58:00 CEST

On Aug 30, 2006, at 22:52, Johnathan Gifford wrote:

>> - svn:externals works only for a complete directory, but not for a
>> single file.
>
> Argh... the whole 'need only' a file thing. Export has the same
> 'feature'. Yes, this can be a pain to deal with. Only suggestion
> I can
> offer up is to change your directory structure to accommodate this
> 'feature' of Subversion. Yo' Subversion developers, if you're reading
> this, this would be a very nice improvement for the externals and
> export
> functionality!

Yes, the developers are aware; the enhancement request was filed four
years ago:

http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=937

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