Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> On Aug 20, 2007, at 14:05, Phil Endecott wrote:
>
>> I have just switched a working copy from http to https access using
>> "svn switch --relocate". This worked as expected. However, I have
>> just remembered that there's an "svn external" in there pointing to
>> another part of the same repository which needs to change too. How
>> should I proceed?
>>
>> I imagine that I may need to "svn switch --relocate" from inside
>> the external, and also use "svn propedit" to change the external
>> definition itself. Do I need to do both? If so, in which order?
>> I have uncommitted changes in the working copy, which I can no
>> longer commit to the old http: URL.
>
> You would need to "svn propedit svn:externals" and change the URL
> from http to https. Then an "svn update" should fix the external
> directory. I think. And then (or before the update) you can "svn
> commit" the change.
Thanks Ryan, and also thanks also Karl for this:
> Try propediting locally after you switch, then run update? (I'm not positive
> that will work; some experimentation may be necessary.)
Based on previous experience I decided to ask the list before doing any
"experimentation", since the story about not digging if you're in a
hole seems to apply to Subversion....
Anyway, I have:
- propedit to change the URL
- switch --relocate inside the external
- commit inside the external (I had uncommited changes)
- update in the directory above, containing the external definition.
Not sure why this was needed.
- commit in this directory to save the change to the external.
This seemed to go OK. Maybe I could have done it in fewer steps.
I have other working copies, so in them I have to:
- update. This seems to automatically switch the external, and seems
safe even if there are uncommited changes (I think).
> The problem with this is that if you ever want to check out an
> earlier version of the project, the external URL will be wrong.
Yes. Ugh. I think the moral is, always use https for everything from
the beginning. Do the appropriate docs suggest this? Of course, you
then run into the general SSL+virtual-hosts pain.
Cheers,
Phil.
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Received on Tue Aug 21 20:05:24 2007