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Re: Tagging with Externals via Scripts

From: Jonathan Herriott <herriojr_at_gmail.com>
Date: 2007-09-15 00:46:58 CEST

I'll look into. Thanks!

On 9/14/07, Andy Levy <andy.levy@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/14/07, Jonathan Herriott <herriojr@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Sorry if this gets posted twice, but the first time I submitted, I
> > wasn't registered, so I don't know if it got through or not.
> >
> > I've been having some issues with subversion which I was hoping you
> > guys could rectify.
> >
> > First of all, my project is set up with about 5 external projects
> > (which get updated quite frequently), and
> > I'm looking to tag my project along with my externals via a script.
> > The method I go about it is:
> >
> > svn pg svn:externals $MY_PROJECT
> >
> > and then I used the returned externals to tag them vi svn cp.
> >
> > I then tag my main project via svn cp, and I run into a problem while
> > setting the externals to the new externals.
> >
> > I have tried using svn ps svn:externals --revprop -r HEAD
> > $NEW_EXTERNALS $MY_PROJECTS_TAG.
> >
> > When I do a checkout of the project via svn co $MY_PROJECTS_TAG, the
> > externals are still set to the original externals instead of the
> > tagged externals.
> >
> > Any idea on why this is and how I can get around it?
>
> It is because when you copy to make the branch/tag, the externals
> point at a "moving target" - they aren't fixed at a specific version.
> By design. Everything was copied exactly.
>
> svncopy may be what you need.
> http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/trunk/contrib/client-side/svncopy/svncopy.README
>

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