Hi,
We are looking at the new relative path svn:externals functionality in
Subversion 1.5 as it may enable us to redesign our repository and checkout
much smaller working copies, while still being able to branch/tag etc
without breaking the externals.
However one thing which would be nice from our point of view, is to be able
to commit from the top level working copy, and include modifications to
externals within this commit. At the moment this doesn't seem to be
supported as the externals area is treated as a separate working copy. Does
anyone know whether this will be possible with Subversion 1.5?
Curiously, we seem to have observed that an externals section of a working
copy where that externals section includes externals of its own will
actually manage this!
Ie something like this:
mydir1
|
- myfile1 (modified)
- myexternaltargetdir1
|
- myfile2 (modified)
- myexternaltargetdir2
|
- myfile3 (modified)
If I try to commit from "mydir1" the commit will fail as the modified files
myfile1, myfile2 & myfile3 are all in different working copies.
However if I try to commit from "myexternaltargetdir1", subversion will
happily commit changes to myfile2 and myfile3. Is this a bug?
Fraser.
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