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Re: New svn:externals format - Does it work with pre-1.5 clients?

From: Mark Phippard <markphip_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 09:59:30 -0400

On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 9:51 AM, David Weintraub <qazwart_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> I like the new format for svn:externals, but I do have a little
> question: If my server is 1.5 and my client is 1.3, does this scheme
> still work.
>
> I noticed that the documentation mentioned the word "client" in the
> title. I would assume that it is the server that fetches the externals
> and that the server reads and interprets the svn:externals format.
>
> So in what situations can I use the new svn:externals format?

It is purely a client feature. Requires 1.5. The Subversion releases
notes provide the exact information you are looking for:

http://subversion.tigris.org/svn_1.5_releasenotes.html

See the compatibility table.

-- 
Thanks
Mark Phippard
http://markphip.blogspot.com/
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